Apple Contacts app and Calendar not showing "Birthdays" when using Google account sync

[islack]

Does anyone use their Google account as their primary "contact" sync location in iOS17?

There's a software bug where my contacts "Birthdays" will not show up in Apple Calendar and Apple Contacts.

- Creating a brand new contact with a birthdate WILL sync to Google's servers (as confirmed by visiting https://contacts.google.com/)
- Viewing existing contacts that have a birthday in https://contacts.google.com/ DO NOT SHOW UP on the iPhone at all.

If I change my settings from Google to iCloud this works fine but Apple support is not being helpful at escalating this bug to their engineering department.

 

[BrianBaughn]

It was working in iOS 16?

 

[islack]

It was working in iOS 16?

Yes

 

[butterboi]

Yes

Experiencing this now. Any luck on your end?

 

[firesuite]

I'm not the OP, but this behavior has been driving me crazy for years. I've used Google as my primary contact sync platform for a long time. The only way I've ever been able to get the contact birthdays to show up on an Apple Contacts app (and Calendar) is by adding a birth YEAR. Any contacts without a birth YEAR will not sync back to Apple's software. This often means adding an (often incorrect) dummy year, just to get it to sync properly. There are multiple posts about this in the Apple Support Community, and I've submitted a bug report with Apple via their feedback form. Please consider doing the same– maybe they will pay attention if enough people complain.