Birthday reminders and notifications

Never forget a birthday again with Rakuten 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!

When you open Rakuten Viber, you will see in-app reminders if one or more of your contacts has a birthday.

To quickly send a birthday greeting:

Except for leap years, birthdays on the 29th of February will be displayed on the 28th of February.

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.

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 Rakuten 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

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.

1. Open Rakuten Viber on your phone
2. In the chats screen, long tap (Android) or swipe left (iPhone) the chat with the birthday reminder
3. Tap Dismiss

Banners will also be removed when you send a message to your contact or click the X in the banner.

To remove all future in-app reminders for birthdays:

1. Open Rakuten Viber on your phone
2. Tap on More
3. Tap on Settings
4. Tap on Notifications
5. 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.

Whenever a contact on Rakuten Viber has a birthday, you will receive a notification on your phone. To change this setting:

1. Open Rakuten Viber on your phone
2. Tap on More
3. Tap on Settings
4. Tap on Notifications
5. 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.

To share with others that it’s your birthday, you will need to have:

The correct birth date in your profile (your age won’t be revealed)

1. Open Rakuten Viber on your phone
2. Tap on More
3. Tap on your display picture
4. Tap on the date under your name
5. Select your birth date
6. Tap Done

Your privacy settings allowing Rakuten Viber to share your birthday

1. Open Rakuten Viber on your phone
2. Tap on More
3. Tap on Settings
4. Tap on Privacy
5. Find Share your birth date

You will have the option to share your birth date with other people on Rakuten 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.