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WhatsApp Develops Birthday Reminder Feature to Notify Users of Contacts' Birthdays
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First reported by Maariv · 6 hours ago
What happened
WhatsApp is working on a birthday reminder feature that notifies users of upcoming birthdays based on saved contact information, enabling quick greetings within the app. The feature is still in development with no official release date.
- 01WhatsApp is developing an in-app birthday reminder for contacts’ upcoming birthdays.
- 02The feature appears in Android beta 2.26.27.3 with a dedicated birthday section and notifications.
- 03It uses birthdates already saved in the phone’s contacts, no new data collection required.
- 04Birthday reminders are separate from WhatsApp’s recent age verification birthdate requests.
- 05Users control privacy by choosing which birthdays to save in their contacts.
- 06The feature is not yet available to beta testers and lacks an official launch date.
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