Samsung Contacts may gain birthday reminders in One UI 9.5

Birthday tracking may come to Samsung Contacts

Samsung could be preparing a birthday management tool for the Contacts app on its phones, according to Android Central, which reports on findings from an Android Authority APK teardown. The feature is said to be planned for One UI 9.5, the next version of Samsung's phone software.

Because the evidence comes from code inside an unreleased app version, nothing is confirmed. Samsung has not announced the feature, and details could change before any public release.

How the feature would work

The reported tool would sort birthdays into three groups: past dates, today and upcoming ones. That would let users see at a glance whose birthday is next without opening the Calendar or scrolling through individual contacts.

At the moment, Galaxy owners can type a birthday into a contact's details, but the phone does not alert them beforehand. The new tool would fill that gap by sending a nudge when a celebration is approaching, Android Central reports.

Sharing birthdays between contacts

The teardown also surfaced code suggesting a second function: letting people share their own birthday with others. A contact could switch on a toggle on their own device, and the date would then appear for people who have them saved in their address book.

This would work both ways, so a user could see friends' birthdays in their contact details and vice versa. It would reduce the need to enter every date by hand, though it depends on both people using Samsung devices and choosing to share.

Cards and gifts could follow

Further code hints point to a shortcut for sending digital birthday cards and gifts, according to Android Central. This would build on a capability Samsung added with One UI 8, whose Now Brief feature can already generate birthday cards with AI.

Remembering a date is one thing; acting on it is another. A combined reminder and gifting shortcut would let users respond to a birthday alert without leaving the Contacts app.

What it means for Galaxy owners

If the features ship as described, they would make the stock Contacts app more useful for anyone juggling a large family or friend circle. The reminder system in particular addresses a long-standing gap, since Samsung phones currently offer no automatic birthday alerts.

Readers should treat all of this as unconfirmed until Samsung announces it. APK teardowns reveal planned or in-development code, and such features are sometimes delayed, changed or dropped entirely before release.