diff --git a/addons/calendar/models/calendar_event.py b/addons/calendar/models/calendar_event.py
index 5ba62bf7744..d0bab630603 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/models/calendar_event.py
+++ b/addons/calendar/models/calendar_event.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import math
-from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from itertools import repeat
 from werkzeug.urls import url_parse
 
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ SORT_ALIASES = {
     'start_date': 'sort_start',
 }
 
+RRULE_TYPE_SELECTION_UI = [
+    ('daily', 'Daily'),
+    ('weekly', 'Weekly'),
+    ('monthly', 'Monthly'),
+    ('yearly', 'Yearly'),
+    ('custom', 'Custom')
+]
 
 def get_weekday_occurence(date):
     """
@@ -99,6 +106,17 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
                 partners |= self.env['res.partner'].browse(active_id)
         return partners
 
+    @api.model
+    def _default_start(self):
+        now = fields.Datetime.now()
+        return now + (datetime.min - now) % timedelta(minutes=30)
+
+    @api.model
+    def _default_stop(self):
+        now = fields.Datetime.now()
+        start = now + (datetime.min - now) % timedelta(minutes=30)
+        return start + timedelta(hours=1)
+
     # description
     name = fields.Char('Meeting Subject', required=True)
     description = fields.Html('Description')
@@ -138,10 +156,10 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
         'calendar.event.type', 'meeting_category_rel', 'event_id', 'type_id', 'Tags')
     # timing
     start = fields.Datetime(
-        'Start', required=True, tracking=True, default=fields.Date.today,
+        'Start', required=True, tracking=True, default=_default_start,
         help="Start date of an event, without time for full days events")
     stop = fields.Datetime(
-        'Stop', required=True, tracking=True, default=lambda self: fields.Datetime.today() + timedelta(hours=1),
+        'Stop', required=True, tracking=True, default=_default_stop,
         compute='_compute_stop', readonly=False, store=True,
         help="Stop date of an event, without time for full days events")
     display_time = fields.Char('Event Time', compute='_compute_display_time')
@@ -189,6 +207,10 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
     # If some of these fields are set and recurrence_id does not exists,
     # a `calendar.recurrence.rule` will be dynamically created.
     rrule = fields.Char('Recurrent Rule', compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
+    rrule_type_ui = fields.Selection(RRULE_TYPE_SELECTION_UI, string='Repeat',
+                                     compute="_compute_rrule_type_ui",
+                                     readonly=False,
+                                     help="Let the event automatically repeat at that interval")
     rrule_type = fields.Selection(RRULE_TYPE_SELECTION, string='Recurrence',
                                   help="Let the event automatically repeat at that interval",
                                   compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
@@ -198,10 +220,10 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
         END_TYPE_SELECTION, string='Recurrence Termination',
         compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
     interval = fields.Integer(
-        string='Repeat Every', compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False,
+        string='Repeat On', compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False,
         help="Repeat every (Days/Week/Month/Year)")
     count = fields.Integer(
-        string='Repeat', help="Repeat x times", compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
+        string='Number of Repetitions', help="Repeat x times", compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
     mon = fields.Boolean(compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
     tue = fields.Boolean(compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
     wed = fields.Boolean(compute='_compute_recurrence', readonly=False)
@@ -373,6 +395,16 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
                 )
 
     @api.depends('recurrence_id', 'recurrency')
+    def _compute_rrule_type_ui(self):
+        defaults = self.env["calendar.recurrence"].default_get(["interval", "rrule_type"])
+        for event in self:
+            if event.recurrency:
+                if event.recurrence_id:
+                    event.rrule_type_ui = 'custom' if event.recurrence_id.interval != 1 else (event.recurrence_id.rrule_type)
+                else:
+                    event.rrule_type_ui = defaults["rrule_type"]
+
+    @api.depends('recurrence_id', 'recurrency', 'rrule_type_ui')
     def _compute_recurrence(self):
         recurrence_fields = self._get_recurrent_fields()
         false_values = {field: False for field in recurrence_fields}  # computes need to set a value
@@ -388,6 +420,7 @@ class Meeting(models.Model):
                     if event.recurrence_id[field]
                 }
                 rrule_values = rrule_values or default_rrule_values
+                rrule_values['rrule_type'] = (event.rrule_type if event.rrule_type_ui == "custom" else event.rrule_type_ui) or defaults.pop('rrule_type')
                 event.update({**false_values, **defaults, **event_values, **rrule_values})
             else:
                 event.update(false_values)
diff --git a/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.js b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84a4d66eb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/** @odoo-module **/
+
+import { registry } from "@web/core/registry";
+import { WeekDays, weekDays } from "@web/views/widgets/week_days/week_days";
+
+export class CalendarWeekDays extends WeekDays {
+    onChange(day) {
+        this.props.record.update({ [day]: !this.data[day] });
+    }
+};
+CalendarWeekDays.template = 'calendar.WeekDays';
+
+export const calendarWeekDays = {
+    component: CalendarWeekDays,
+    fieldDependencies: weekDays.fieldDependencies,
+};
+
+registry.category("view_widgets").add("calendar_week_days", calendarWeekDays);
diff --git a/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.scss b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b57e10aff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.o_calendar_week_days_rounded {
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    margin-right: 8px;
+    width: 24px;
+    height: 24px;
+    justify-content: center;
+    display: flex;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    align-items: center;
+}
diff --git a/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.xml b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..964cdd1d74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/widgets/calendar_week_days.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<templates>
+    <t t-name="calendar.WeekDays" owl="1">
+        <div class="o_recurrent_weekdays mt-2 mb-2 d-flex">
+        <t t-foreach="weekdays" t-as="day" t-key="day">
+                <div t-attf-class="o_calendar_week_days_rounded {{data[day] ? 'btn-primary' : 'btn-secondary'}}" t-on-click="() => this.onChange(day)">
+                    <t t-esc="props.record.fields[day].string[0]"/>
+                </div>
+            </t>
+        </div>
+    </t>
+</templates>
diff --git a/addons/calendar/tests/test_calendar_recurrent_event_case2.py b/addons/calendar/tests/test_calendar_recurrent_event_case2.py
index 917548baf54..2701f28881d 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/tests/test_calendar_recurrent_event_case2.py
+++ b/addons/calendar/tests/test_calendar_recurrent_event_case2.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class TestRecurrentEvent(common.TransactionCase):
             'duration': 1.0,
             'name': 'Test Meeting',
             'recurrency': True,
-            'rrule_type': 'daily'
+            'rrule_type': 'daily',
         })
         # I search for all the recurrent meetings
         meetings_count = self.CalendarEvent.with_context({'virtual_id': True}).search_count([
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TestRecurrentEvent(common.TransactionCase):
             'wed': True,
             'name': 'Review code with programmer',
             'recurrency': True,
-            'rrule_type': 'weekly'
+            'rrule_type': 'weekly',
         })
 
         # I search for all the recurrent weekly meetings.
diff --git a/addons/calendar/tests/test_event_recurrence.py b/addons/calendar/tests/test_event_recurrence.py
index 48e36af6fb3..5d13e03cc7d 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/tests/test_event_recurrence.py
+++ b/addons/calendar/tests/test_event_recurrence.py
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class TestUpdateRecurrentEvents(TestRecurrentEvents):
             'start': event.start + relativedelta(days=4),
             'stop': event.stop + relativedelta(days=5),
         })
-        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([])
+        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([], limit=1)
         self.assertEventDates(recurrence.calendar_event_ids, [
             (datetime(2019, 10, 26, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 10, 29, 18, 0)),
             (datetime(2019, 11, 2, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 11, 5, 18, 0)),
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class TestUpdateRecurrentEvents(TestRecurrentEvents):
             'recurrence_update': 'all_events',
             'mon': True,  # recurrence is now Tuesday AND Monday
         })
-        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([])
+        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([], limit=1)
         self.assertEventDates(recurrence.calendar_event_ids, [
             (datetime(2019, 10, 22, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 10, 24, 18, 0)),
             (datetime(2019, 10, 28, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 10, 30, 18, 0)),
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ class TestUpdateMultiDayWeeklyRecurrentEvents(TestRecurrentEvents):
             'start': event.start + relativedelta(days=2),
             'stop': event.stop + relativedelta(days=2),
         })
-        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([])
+        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([], limit=1)
         # We don't try to do magic tricks. First event is moved, other remain
         self.assertEventDates(recurrence.calendar_event_ids, [
             (datetime(2019, 10, 24, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 10, 26, 18, 0)),
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class TestUpdateMultiDayWeeklyRecurrentEvents(TestRecurrentEvents):
             'start': event.start + relativedelta(days=2),
             'stop': event.stop + relativedelta(days=3),
         })
-        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([])
+        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([], limit=1)
         self.assertEventDates(recurrence.calendar_event_ids, [
             (datetime(2019, 10, 24, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 10, 27, 18, 0)),
             (datetime(2019, 10, 31, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 11, 3, 18, 0)),
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ class TestUpdateMonthlyByDay(TestRecurrentEvents):
             'start': event.start + relativedelta(hours=5),
             'stop': event.stop + relativedelta(hours=5),
         })
-        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([])
+        recurrence = self.env['calendar.recurrence'].search([], limit=1)
         self.assertEventDates(recurrence.calendar_event_ids, [
             (datetime(2019, 10, 15, 6, 0), datetime(2019, 10, 16, 23, 0)),
             (datetime(2019, 11, 19, 6, 0), datetime(2019, 11, 20, 23, 0)),
@@ -877,3 +877,46 @@ class TestUpdateMonthlyByDate(TestRecurrentEvents):
             (datetime(2019, 11, 25, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 11, 27, 18, 0)),
             (datetime(2019, 12, 25, 1, 0), datetime(2019, 12, 27, 18, 0)),
         ])
+
+    def test_recurring_ui_options_daily(self):
+        with Form(self.env['calendar.event']) as calendar_form:
+            calendar_form.name = 'test recurrence daily'
+            calendar_form.recurrency = True
+            calendar_form.rrule_type_ui = 'daily'
+            calendar_form.count = 2
+            calendar_form.start = datetime(2019, 6, 23, 16)
+            calendar_form.stop = datetime(2019, 6, 23, 17)
+            event = calendar_form.save()
+            self.assertEventDates(event.recurrence_id.calendar_event_ids, [
+                (datetime(2019, 6, 23, 16), datetime(2019, 6, 23, 17)),
+                (datetime(2019, 6, 24, 16, 0), datetime(2019, 6, 24, 17)),
+            ])
+
+    def test_recurring_ui_options_monthly(self):
+        with Form(self.env['calendar.event']) as calendar_form:
+            calendar_form.name = 'test recurrence monthly'
+            calendar_form.recurrency = True
+            calendar_form.rrule_type_ui = 'monthly'
+            calendar_form.count = 2
+            calendar_form.start = datetime(2019, 6, 11, 16)
+            calendar_form.stop = datetime(2019, 6, 11, 17)
+            calendar_form.day = 11
+            event = calendar_form.save()
+            self.assertEventDates(event.recurrence_id.calendar_event_ids, [
+                (datetime(2019, 6, 11, 16), datetime(2019, 6, 11, 17)),
+                (datetime(2019, 7, 11, 16), datetime(2019, 7, 11, 17)),
+            ])
+
+    def test_recurring_ui_options_yearly(self):
+        with Form(self.env['calendar.event']) as calendar_form:
+            calendar_form.name = 'test recurrence yearly'
+            calendar_form.recurrency = True
+            calendar_form.rrule_type_ui = 'yearly'
+            calendar_form.count = 2
+            calendar_form.start = datetime(2019, 6, 11, 16)
+            calendar_form.stop = datetime(2019, 6, 11, 17)
+            event = calendar_form.save()
+            self.assertEventDates(event.recurrence_id.calendar_event_ids, [
+                (datetime(2019, 6, 11, 16), datetime(2019, 6, 11, 17)),
+                (datetime(2020, 6, 11, 16), datetime(2020, 6, 11, 17)),
+            ])
diff --git a/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml b/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml
index 18dc1756eb3..718c39eb703 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml
+++ b/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@
                                         <field name="privacy" readonly="not user_can_edit" nolabel="1"/>
                                     </div>
                                     <field name="user_id" widget="many2one_avatar_user" readonly="not user_can_edit"/>
-                                    <field name="description"/>
+                                    <field name="description" options="{'height': 100}"/>
                                 </group>
                                 <group>
                                     <div class="o_row" colspan="2">
                                         <div colspan="1">
                                             <field name="attendees_count" class="w-auto oe_inline" nolabel="1"/><span> Attendees</span>
                                         </div>
-                                        <div name="send_buttons" class="d-flex gap-1" colspan="1">
+                                        <div name="send_buttons" class="sm-2" colspan="1">
                                             <button name="action_open_composer" help="Send Email to attendees" type="object" string=" EMAIL" icon="fa-envelope"/>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@
                                         <field name="partner_ids" widget="many2manyattendee"
                                             placeholder="Select attendees..."
                                             context="{'force_email':True}"
+                                            domain="[('type','!=','private')]"
                                             class="oe_inline"
-                                            readonly="not user_can_edit"/>
+                                            readonly="not user_can_edit"
+                                        />
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="alert alert-warning o_form_header mt-2" invisible="not invalid_email_partner_ids" role="status">
                                         <p><strong>The following attendees have invalid email addresses and won't receive any email notifications:</strong></p>
@@ -202,53 +204,55 @@
                                 </group>
                             </group>
                         </page>
+
                         <page name="page_options" string="Options">
                             <group>
-                                <div>
-                                    <group>
-                                        <field name="recurrency" readonly="not user_can_edit"/>
+                                <field name="recurrence_id" invisible="1" />
+                                <field name="rrule_type" invisible="1" />
+                                <group class="mb-0">
+                                    <field name="recurrency" />
+                                    <field name="rrule_type_ui" class="w-auto" invisible="not recurrency" required="recurrency"/>
+                                </group>
+                                <newline />
+                                <group invisible="not recurrency">
+                                    <group class="o_row" invisible="rrule_type_ui != 'custom'">
+                                        <field name="interval" string="Repeat every" class="oe_inline w-auto" />
+                                        <field name="rrule_type" nolabel="1" class="oe_inline" required="rrule_type_ui == 'custom'"/>
                                     </group>
-                                    <div invisible="not recurrency">
-                                        <group>
-                                            <label for="interval"/>
-                                            <div class="o_col">
-                                                <div class="o_row">
-                                                    <field name="interval" class="oe_inline" readonly="not user_can_edit" required="recurrency"/>
-                                                    <field name="rrule_type" readonly="not user_can_edit" required="recurrency"/>
-                                                </div>
-                                                <widget name="week_days" invisible="rrule_type != 'weekly'" readonly="not user_can_edit"/>
-                                            </div>
-                                            <label string="Until" for="end_type"/>
-                                            <div class="o_row">
-                                                <field name="end_type" readonly="not user_can_edit" required="recurrency"/>
-                                                <field name="count" invisible="end_type != 'count'" readonly="not user_can_edit" required="recurrency"/>
-                                                <field name="until" invisible="end_type != 'end_date'" readonly="not user_can_edit" required="end_type == 'end_date' and recurrency"/>
-                                            </div>
-                                        </group>
-                                        <group invisible="rrule_type != 'monthly'">
-                                            <label string="Day of Month" for="month_by"/>
-                                            <div class="o_row">
-                                                <field name="month_by"/>
-                                                <field name="day"
-                                                    invisible="month_by != 'date'"
-                                                    readonly="not user_can_edit"
-                                                    required="month_by == 'date' and rrule_type == 'monthly'"/>
-                                                <field name="byday" string="The"
-                                                    invisible="month_by != 'day'"
-                                                    readonly="not user_can_edit"
-                                                    required="recurrency and month_by == 'day' and rrule_type == 'monthly'"/>
-                                                <field name="weekday" nolabel="1"
-                                                    invisible="month_by != 'day'"
-                                                    readonly="not user_can_edit"
-                                                    required="recurrency and month_by == 'day' and rrule_type == 'monthly'"/>
-                                            </div>
-                                        </group>
-                                    </div>
-                                </div>
+                                </group>
+                                <newline />
+                                <group class="gap-0" invisible="rrule_type_ui not in ['weekly', 'custom'] or (rrule_type_ui == 'custom' and rrule_type != 'weekly')">
+                                    <span class="fw-bold pe-3">Repeat on</span>
+                                    <widget name="calendar_week_days" />
+                                </group>
                                 <group>
                                     <field name="recurrence_id" invisible="1" />
                                 </group>
                             </group>
+                            <div class="d-flex gap-2" invisible="rrule_type_ui not in ['monthly', 'custom'] or (rrule_type_ui == 'custom' and rrule_type != 'monthly')">
+                                <label string="Day of Month" for="month_by" />
+                                <field name="month_by" nolabel="1" required="rrule_type_ui == 'monthly' or rrule_type == 'monthly'"/>
+                                <field name="day" nolabel="1"
+                                    required="(rrule_type_ui == 'monthly' or rrule_type == 'monthly') and month_by == 'date'"
+                                    invisible="month_by != 'date'"
+                                />
+                                <field name="byday" string="The" nolabel="1"
+                                    required="(rrule_type_ui == 'monthly' or rrule_type == 'monthly') and month_by == 'day'"
+                                    invisible="month_by != 'day'"
+                                />
+                                <field name="weekday" nolabel="1"
+                                    required="(rrule_type_ui == 'monthly' or rrule_type == 'monthly') and month_by == 'day'"
+                                    invisible="month_by != 'day'"
+                                />
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="d-flex gap-2" invisible="not recurrency">
+                                <label string="Until" for="end_type" />
+                                <field name="end_type" class="oe_inline w-auto" nolabel="1" required="recurrency"/>
+                                <field name="count" class="oe_inline w-auto" nolabel="1" invisible="end_type != 'count'" required="recurrency"/>
+                                <field name="until" class="oe_inline w-auto" nolabel="1" invisible="end_type != 'end_date'"
+                                    required="recurrency and end_type == 'end_date'"
+                                />
+                            </div>
                         </page>
 
                         <page name="page_invitations" string="Invitations" groups="base.group_no_one" invisible="not user_can_edit">
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@
                     </group>
                     <group>
                         <field name="partner_ids" widget="many2manyattendee"
-                            placeholder="Select attendees..."
+                            placeholder="Add attendees..."
                             context="{'force_email':True}"
                             class="oe_inline"
                         />
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_common/calendar_common_popover.scss b/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_common/calendar_common_popover.scss
index 47fec579845..ce51c4dcc87 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_common/calendar_common_popover.scss
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_common/calendar_common_popover.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ $o-cw-popup-avatar-size: 16px;
 .o_cw_popover {
     min-width: 256px;
     max-width: 328px;
+    z-index: $zindex-modal - 1;
     font-size: $font-size-base;
 
     .card-header,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js
index 6be9de28262..f1ccfb56a41 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/calendar/calendar_controller.js
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export class CalendarController extends Component {
         return {
             resModel: this.model.resModel,
             viewId: this.model.quickCreateFormViewId,
+            title: _t("New Event"),
             context,
         };
     }