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Philip Berne

Scheduled messages are the hottest trend on iPhone and Android - here's 13 times you might want to send that text later

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Hands on.

It's 7am and I'm about to leave when I get a text message from my girlfriend: “please check the laundry in the dryer and if it's still wet run it again.” She's still asleep in bed, and she hasn't touched her phone. She scheduled the message on her iPhone last night to send this morning. I start the dryer and leave for work.

Scheduling messages is a hot feature that I'm hearing more people talk about, and it's a surprisingly useful tool that goes far beyond reminding your partner to finish the laundry. You can schedule a text message from an iPhone or an Android phone, and I'll show you how to find the feature in the Messages app.

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