Overview
- WABetaInfo traces published Wednesday reveal UI designs that put birthdays under contact names in a new Contacts tab with a cake emoji labeled “Birthday today.”
- The same leaks show a permanent birthday field high in each contact’s profile so a saved birthdate would be visible any time a user opens that profile.
- WhatsApp would automatically import and update birthdates from the smartphone address book, so the feature only works when dates are saved in contacts.
- Planned extras in earlier beta traces include an upcoming‑birthdays overview and in‑app notifications, but the features remain in internal development and are not available to beta or public users.
- Android users already have an alternative through Google Contacts and Google Calendar that can show birthdays and send alerts, which highlights both a redundancy and potential privacy questions about WhatsApp accessing address‑book data.