Nylas has introduced iCalendar (iCal) UIDs to its Calendar API, significantly enhancing its capability to integrate with various calendar services by providing a consistent way to identify events across different platforms. iCal is a widely supported standard for calendar data, and its UID feature assigns a globally unique identifier to calendar events, making it easier to sync and deduplicate events across multiple user accounts, regardless of the calendar service used. This is particularly beneficial for users who need to manage events across different platforms, as it eliminates the complexity of manually matching events based on attributes like title or participants, which can vary across systems. The Nylas Calendar API abstracts the differences in how providers like Google and Office 365 format and serve these UIDs, allowing developers to access them through a single integration. This feature streamlines the process for developers to build applications that offer comprehensive calendar functionalities while supporting users' preferred third-party services, enabling swift integration and functionality expansion in as little as 15 minutes.