Having to want somebody a belated birthday would not really feel all that good, particularly when it is somebody you see fairly usually if not on a regular basis. In a time when reminders are entrance and heart, there are virtually zero excuses for forgetting vital birthdays. Google added the Highlights tab to the Contacts app just a few months in the past with upcoming birthdays exhibiting up inside the tab earlier this month. Now, there’s one other birthday-related addition coming to Contacts, permitting customers so as to add birthday notifications for every contact.

The function seems to be rolling out in phases and was first seen by @AssembleDebug on Twitter, who additionally shared a few screenshots. the Add notification field pictured under seems inside a contact’s profile, although it is unclear if this field solely seems on the day of the contact’s birthday or per week or two upfront. For example, Google Assistant additionally gives a birthday reminder function within the type of notifications, generally showing per week and a half earlier than the birthday.

Sadly, @AssembleDebug did not reveal the app model that incorporates this specific function, however we did study from Mishaal Rahman that it was enabled manually on the most recent model of Contacts (accessible through APK Mirror). There’s additionally the likelihood that this might be a part of a server-side replace and should ultimately roll out to all customers with no need a full app replace.

This is without doubt one of the many options which have made their approach to Contacts since late 2022. Solely final week, we noticed a brand new pill consumer interface start rolling out for some customers. Additionally this month, the online model of Contacts lastly allowed people to edit or create new contacts. Whereas Google seems to be doing fairly a bit with Contacts over the previous a number of months, some key apps, resembling Google Calendar, proceed to overlook out on important options like birthday reminders.

You understand the place we would not have forgotten a birthday (generally to our chagrin)? Fb. simply saying.

Thanks: Mishaal