Google is finally rolling out a dedicated birthday event for Google Calendar, so you no longer have to rely on the Contacts app.

Users can now manually add birthdays in Google Calendar on Android devices. The feature will eventually be available on the web and iOS devices. The update will roll out over the next couple of weeks, starting with a web release today.

Google announced an overhaul for birthdays inside of Google Calendar this week. Currently, birthdays aren’t special inside of Calendar, but that’s now changing. Detailed in the announcement, users now have the ability to create and modify dedicated birthday events on

Google is making it easier to create birthday reminders in Google Calendar. The new Google Workspace update is currently rolling out and should become available in the next couple of weeks. Before this update,