At the moment, birthdays that appear in Google Calendar are based on Google Contacts information, but manual creation is now coming.
Wow, are we in the future or something?? Jesus christ, Google. 💀
why is this news, though? before contacts integration was a thing i created yearly-repeat events for birthdays of family and close friends.
i now get reminded twice! once for my manually-created entry and once more for the contact integration.
… It never occurred to me to put birthdays in the contacts. I’ve only got recurring events!
Same here! I feel like we should get paid for giving Google this fantastic idea.
Rat out my friends by telling Google their DOB? Will they also add a field for mothers’ maiden name? No thanks.
It took them years to finally add reminders for the birthdays (and similar special dates) in the contact app.
