Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages

Andy Burns wrote on Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:26:18 +0100 :

Note that Android scheduled messages works for everyone;

 
Is it a useful feature?  I haven't used it, if I received a "happy
birthday" text at 00:00:01 on my birthday it would hardly feel personal ..

Hi Andy,

Thanks for that question, as every feature serves a purpose for someone,
but at the same time, that capability may not be useful to many others.

If you have kids and grandkids, it's a very useful feature, for the reasons
that they don't wake up until later in the afternoon and they need to be
reminded to do things - and - this is key - they live off of SMS/MMS text!

Therefore, take a look at what I often use it for in this simple sequence:
 <https://i.postimg.cc/bJZBFqxK/scheduledmessage.jpg>

Bear in mind that I've been scheduling messages for so long that even I was
surprisd that Apple's messaging didn't have this basic feature - until the
next release, and even then, it turns out it only works between iOS users
alone.

Which again proves the point Apple doesn't work outside the walled garden.

When my own kids were in college (some are still in grad school as we
type), I often use the scheduling to remind them to pay certain bills,
again, because college kids tend to live & breathe by SMS/MMS messaging.

In short, it's a great feature to be able to schedule messages, if you have
reasons to schedule those messages - where they become great reminders.

As you may recall, years ago, I tested every free adfree gsfree gsmfree
SMS/MMS app on Android and settled on the open source PulseSMS messaging
app as the best based on its rich feature set (which is far better than
Apple's messages).   <https://home.pulsesms.app/overview/>

Given the Apple people are on this thread, and given they're always
ignorant of what Android can do, I should note that what PulseSMS does is
far more than the Apple messaging app ever did - including messaging on any
platform - which the Apple people think only exists on their iOS devices.

Unfortunately, the open source code was bought by MapleMedia, but the good
news is I have been using the Klinker last known good version for years,
without any issues or problems (on a variety of Android phones over time).

However, with the advent of RCS, and particularly with Apple finally
figuring out how to implement RCS on their iOS platform, I may need to look
for a non-Google RCS-capable MMS/SMS messaging app in the future, as my
great grandchild's parents send me cute baby videos every day.

Unfortunately, that household is a purely Apple home, which, as you're
quite well aware, don't work outside the walled garden, so we've been using
WhatsApp to allow that Apple household to send videos to the family.
 iOS messaging stinks <https://i.postimg.cc/cLBNKJb7/fuzzy.jpg>
 WA messaging is better <https://i.postimg.cc/QMGrqLb9/clear.jpg>

Hopefully, when Apple figures out how RCS works, things will improve.