Birthday Reminders and Notifications
Never forget a birthday again with Viber’s birthday reminders and notifications.
Send fun animated birthday wishes to your contacts, and don’t forget to let everyone know when it’s your birthday too!
Wish someone a happy birthday!
When you open Viber, you will see in-app reminders if one or more of your contacts has a birthday.
To quickly send a birthday greeting:
Phone
- Open a chat with your contact
- Tap on Send Happy Birthday in the banner
Your contact will receive a special animated birthday message.
Desktop
Either click on your contact’s name or View in the birthday alert, which will appear in your chats bar.
Click Send next to the name of the person you wish to send a greeting to, and they will receive a special animated birthday message.
Notifications for 29 February birthdays
Except for leap years, birthdays on the 29th of February will be displayed on the 28th of February.
Birthday animations
Make your message extra special with a birthday animation.
Either click on a birthday reminder banner or type ‘happy birthday’ (available in most languages) in a chat and both you and the person you’re sending the message to will see a fun animation pop up on the screen.
To see the animation again, tap on your message.
Notes
Birthday animations sent in groups and Communities will only play when you tap on the message.
For whom will I receive birthday reminders and notifications?
You will know it’s someone’s birthday if:
- The person is saved in your contact list
- The person is over 16 years of age
- You have sent a message to that person on Viber (in a 1-on-1 chat) in the past 12 months
- Their privacy setting is set to allow for their birthday to be shared
- Your settings allow for birthday reminders and notifications to be received
Dismiss a birthday reminder
Dismissing a birthday reminder will remove all banners and alerts related to a contact’s birthday. Otherwise, reminders will automatically be removed the following day.
- Open Viber on your phone
- In the chats screen, long tap (Android) or swipe left (iPhone) the chat with the birthday reminder
- Tap Dismiss
Banners will also be removed when you send a message to your contact or if you click the X in the banner.
Turn birthday reminders on/off
To remove all future in-app reminders for birthdays, you will need to change the settings:
- Open Viber on your phone
- Tap on More
(Android) 
(iPhone) - Tap on Settings
- Tap on Notifications
- Find Show birthday reminders
You will have the option to switch birthday reminders on or off:
On: purple tick (Android) / toggle right (iOS) - you will see banners and alerts when someone in your contact list has a birthday.
Off: no tick (Android) / toggle left (iOS) - you will not see any birthday reminders.
Turn birthday notifications on/off
Whenever a contact on Viber has a birthday, you will receive a notification on your phone. To change this setting:
- Open Viber on your phone
- Tap on More
(Android) 
(iPhone) - Tap on Settings
- Tap on Notifications
- Find Get birthday notifications
You will have the option to switch birthday push notifications on or off:
On: purple tick (Android) / toggle right (iOS) - you will receive a push notification on the birthday of everyone saved in your contact list.
Off: no tick (Android) / toggle left (iOS) - you will not receive any birthday push notifications.
Update your birthdate and privacy settings
To share with others that it’s your birthday, you will need to have:
The correct birthdate in your profile (your age won’t be revealed)
- Open Viber on your phone
- Tap on More
(Android) 
(iPhone) - Tap on your display picture
- Tap on the date under your name
- Select your birthdate
- Tap Done
Your privacy settings allowing Viber to share your birthday
- Open Viber on your phone
- Tap on More
(Android) 
(iPhone) - Tap on Settings
- Tap on Privacy
- Find Share your birthdate
You will have the option to share your birth date with other people on Viber:
Share: purple tick (Android) / toggle right (iOS) - people who have you saved in their contact list will be alerted on your birthday.
Don’t share: no tick (Android) / toggle left (iOS) - no one will be alerted on your birthday.
Notes
If you are under the age of 16 and are a resident of California or of a country covered by the GDPR, you will not be able to switch your privacy settings to Share.