# Automated Birthday Greetings The Facebook Birthday 'Speed Text' Sends Wishes with One Button By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2015-08-06 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/facebook-birthday References: [wersm](http://wersm.com/facebook-lets-you-speed-text-a-happy-birthday-wish/) & [twitter](https://twitter.com/peterknox/status/626026371563810816) Rather than keeping a calendar with all of the birthdates for friends and family members, Facebook birthday tracker does a pretty good job of making sure that its users don't forget an important date. However, with a new feature called 'Speed Text,' Facebook is making it even easier to wish loved ones well on their day of birth. With Speed Text, users are notified of a Facebook friend's birthday via SMS, with the option to automatically send them a greeting simply by pressing the number "1" on the keyboard. Once this prompt is carried out, a simple "Happy Birthday" will be automatically be posted to the friend's wall. From services to outsource break-ups to apps that will automatically text a girlfriend or boyfriend, technology is being employed as a tool for carrying out a range of ordinary, expected and uncomfortable social tasks with more ease. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.4/10 - Popularity: 2% | Activity: 2% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Automated Greetings:** The rise of automated greeting services presents opportunities for businesses to provide convenient and personalized birthday wishes. - **Social Reminder Technology:** Developing innovative notification systems can help businesses capitalize on the demand for easy and efficient birthday reminders. - **Outsourced Social Tasks:** Creating platforms and services that automate various social tasks, such as birthday greetings, can disrupt traditional social interactions. ### Who This Affects Most - **Social Media:** Social media platforms can explore integrating automated birthday greetings as a value-added feature to enhance user engagement. - **Mobile Apps:** Mobile app developers have an opportunity to create innovative birthday reminder apps that offer automated greetings as a premium feature. - **Artificial Intelligence:** AI-driven solutions can be developed to provide highly personalized and context-aware automated birthday greetings across various communication channels. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Personal Reminder Organizers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-tracker.md) - [Birthday Management Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-management.md) - [Sentimental AI Speech Writers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/toast-tracker.md) - [Social Celebration Trackers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hurrayy.md) - [AI Greeting Creators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wishbot.md) - [Relationship Reminder Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/occasion-alerts.md) - [Romantic Message Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lazywa.md) - [Personalized Greeting Creators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moodwishes.md) - [Text Reply Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whattotext-ai.md)