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Having to wish someone a belated birthday doesn’t feel all that nice, especially when it’s someone you see pretty often if not everyday. In a time when reminders are front and center, there are practically zero excuses for forgetting important birthdays. Google added theHighlights tabto the Contacts app a few months ago with upcoming birthdays showing up within the tabearlier this month. Now, there’s another birthday-related addition coming to Contacts, allowing users to add birthday notifications for each contact.
The feature appears to be rolling out in phases and was first noticed by@AssembleDebugon Twitter, who also shared a couple of screenshots. TheAdd notificationbox pictured below appears within a contact’s profile, though this box usually only appears on the day of the contact’s birthday or a week or two in advance. For instance,Google Assistantalso offers abirthday reminder featurein the form of notifications, sometimes appearing a week and a half before the birthday. If you’d still like to add someone’s birthday to your notifications, you can alternatively hit the overflow menu and tap “Add birthday notification.”
@AssembleDebug shared that the feature was available in version 4.4.20.516283924, but if it doesn’t show up for you just yet, there might be some server-side changes pending. As we learned from Mishaal Rahman, the feature can be enabled manually.
This is one of the many features that have made their way to Contacts since late 2022. Only last week, we saw a newtablet user interfacebegin rolling out for some users. Also this month, the web version of Contacts finally allowed individuals toedit or create new contacts. While Google appears to be doing quite a bit with Contacts over the past several months, some key apps, such asGoogle Calendar, continue to miss out on essential features likebirthday reminders.
You know where we wouldn’t have forgotten a birthday (sometimes to our chagrin)? Facebook. Just saying.
Thanks: Mishaal
UPDATE: 2025-07-12 04:14 EST BY MANUEL VONAU
Updated with further details shared by @AssembleDebug with us
