Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages

Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> wrote:

On 2024-06-12 12:37, Enrico Papaloma wrote:

On 6/12/2024 6:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:

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 ...

 
I use stuff like schedule send on email sometimes, so I'm sure there's
some use for it.

 
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
 
If I need an alarm for myself, I can add an alarm to my own phone.
But as am alarm for someone else, I add a scheduled sms/mms message.
 
It's especially useful when the message crosses over into time zones.

 
I think it's a feature I would use but not terribly often.
 
More likely to set a reminder to myself to send a message at some point
in the future.  But I suppose the "fire and forget" nature of it might
be useful.
 
Hmm ... might be some neat pranks I could pull.  Need to test that.

I guess it depends on how the messages are "cached". If they're only stored
on your phone and then your phone is off or in airplane mode at the
scheduled time, then that is not very useful.

I regularly use schedule send for emails for when I'm working in the
evenings. Not sure it's something I'll use often for texts.