At the moment, birthdays that appear in Google Calendar are based on Google Contacts information, but manual creation is now coming.

  • TheTechnician27
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    462 months ago

    Wow, are we in the future or something?? Jesus christ, Google. 💀

  • @ohwhatfollyisman
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    322 months ago

    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.

    • Clay_pidgin
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      132 months ago

      … It never occurred to me to put birthdays in the contacts. I’ve only got recurring events!

      • MrsDoyle
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        22 months ago

        Same here! I feel like we should get paid for giving Google this fantastic idea.

        • Clay_pidgin
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          22 months ago

          I guess putting them in the contacts is simpler, and automatically comes up. Presumably it’s one click from the calendar reminder to the contact so you can call/text them.

          Dunno, not a big deal either way.

  • @solrize
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    102 months ago

    Rat out my friends by telling Google their DOB? Will they also add a field for mothers’ maiden name? No thanks.

    • Chewy
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      32 months ago

      They already have your birthday (and maiden name) through your friends’ contacts.

      Being able to add birtdays manually is definitely useful, altough I believe it’s better and more organized to add them through contacts. (Not that I actually use Google contacts/calendar.)

  • @amenotef
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    42 months ago

    It took them years to finally add reminders for the birthdays (and similar special dates) in the contact app.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 months ago

    Remember the times when Google invented stuff that was not completely obvious? What happened to them?