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Google Calendar for Android will let you manually add birthdays(9to5google.com)

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

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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Wow, are we in the future or something?? Jesus christ, Google. 💀

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ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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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.

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

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MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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Same here! I feel like we should get paid for giving Google this fantastic idea.

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Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Same here. Why should I do both…?

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Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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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.

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DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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Just add them as an event that repeats yearly.

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

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Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.)

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

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