While Android has had scheduled messages for years, Apple finally
added the ability for iOS to schedule messages in iOS 18.
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 ..
Note that Android scheduled messages works for everyone;
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!
Andrew 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 scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
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.
Enrico Papaloma wrote:
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people, nothing
that I would ever need ...
nothing that I would ever need
On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:47:42 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
nothing that I would ever need
What if you're in the UK during the afternoon but it's the middle of the night for your recipient? How do you send that text under that situation?
On 6/12/2024 6:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
I use stuff like schedule send on email sometimes, so I'm sure there'sNote 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 ... >>
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.
On 2024-06-12 09:47, Andy Burns wrote:
Enrico Papaloma wrote:
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people,
nothing that I would ever need ...
And which you could do with...
..Reminders!
On 2024-06-12 13:34, Alan wrote:
On 2024-06-12 09:47, Andy Burns wrote:
Enrico Papaloma wrote:
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people,
nothing that I would ever need ...
And which you could do with...
..Reminders!
Not really.
One action in reminders, then the actual send in another action.
This has a "fire and forget" appeal to it.
On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:47:42 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
nothing that I would ever need
What if you're in the UK during the afternoon but it's the middle of the night for your recipient? How do you send that text under that situation?
Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
On 2024-06-12 14:32, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2024-06-12 13:34, Alan wrote:
On 2024-06-12 09:47, Andy Burns wrote:
Enrico Papaloma wrote:
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people,
nothing that I would ever need ...
And which you could do with...
..Reminders!
Not really.
One action in reminders, then the actual send in another action.
This has a "fire and forget" appeal to it.
So... ...use Shortcuts:
<https://macpaw.com/how-to/schedule-text-message-iphone>
On 2024-06-12 17:46, Alan wrote:
On 2024-06-12 14:32, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2024-06-12 13:34, Alan wrote:
On 2024-06-12 09:47, Andy Burns wrote:
Enrico Papaloma wrote:
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people,
nothing that I would ever need ...
And which you could do with...
..Reminders!
Not really.
One action in reminders, then the actual send in another action.
This has a "fire and forget" appeal to it.
So... ...use Shortcuts:
<https://macpaw.com/how-to/schedule-text-message-iphone>
Not worth the trouble.
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 use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people, nothing
that I would ever need ...
On 6/12/2024 6:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
I use stuff like schedule send on email sometimes, so I'm sure there'sNote 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 ... >>
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 mean, SMS is explicitly asynchronous - there's no guarantee a text will
be delivered at any time - so the time you send something is meaningless. Especially with kids.
Ooops. Wrong link. Here's the correct link to the example I just provided. >> <https://i.postimg.cc/v86wXwtJ/scheduledmessage.jpg>
Does it still work if the phone is off/has no signal/in airplane mode?
Since Apple religious zealots have shown to understand nothing of Apple >>>> products
Remember you're the person who both massively over-inflated the number of >>> zero days in iOS AND didn't know basic geofencing functionality in iOS.
Who's the one who knows nothing about Apple really?
And yet I'm the one who explained
Nope. All you do is post other people's articles that reinforce your own bias. In short, you're the definition of a troll.
Andy Burns <[email protected]> wrote:
I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
OK, that's two takers for scheduling reminders to other people, nothing
that I would ever need ...
For anyone who runs a business from their iPhone - or people who only remember the important things they need to text while laying in bed at 3
a.m. - the new scheduling feature will be a much-welcomed addition. Beyond simply making life easier, like when you want to text someone across time zones without disturbing them, Apple's screenshot suggests you could also
use the feature to ensure you don't miss sending someone a birthday
greeting.
Does it still work if the phone is off/has no signal/in airplane mode?
Notice you Apple zealots hate facts
Your understanding of facts is very limited. Most of what you post are not facts.
but you never provide any facts.
Apart from the time when your claim of zero days was corrected for you.
Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2024-06-12 23:09, Peter wrote:
use the feature to ensure you don't miss sending someone a birthday
greeting.
Already have calendar reminders for B'days - most of whom I call
personally to remind about their inexorable submission to entropy.
A handy tip I found out recently is if you add a date of birth to a
contact's details on iOS it'll put a note in the calendar telling you their birthday *and* their age.
While technically that's true, how many times have you sent an SMS/MMS
message and had it NOT arrive within seconds of you sending it?
I mostly communicate via imessage or whatsapp so SMS is rare. I have had it fail, but couldn't tell you how often.
Ooops. Wrong link. Here's the correct link to the example I just provided. >>>> <https://i.postimg.cc/v86wXwtJ/scheduledmessage.jpg>
Does it still work if the phone is off/has no signal/in airplane mode?
Completely outside the topic of "scheduled messages", I hike often in
backcountry that has low cellular service where my experience is that any
queued up SMS messages get sent en masse when my phone enters a cellular
service area.
Back on the topic of scheduled messages though, based on the WSJ article
You misunderstand. I was asking about *your* method. Does it work when there's no mobile signal? And if it doesn't, what happens? Do scheduled messages fail completely or is it sent next time signal is available?
Does it still work if the phone is off/has no signal/in airplane mode?
This is where the distinction of the functionality being "on device" or
on Apple's servers as a "store, wait and forward" function comes in....
Exactly. I guess it's like outlook's method where it's all done on the
server meaning it doesn't matter that your PC is off.
I suspect that the same thing "should" happen that happens when I send an
SMS message when I have no coverage, but I don't know if that is the case.
You could test it?
Chris wrote on Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:35:36 -0000 (UTC) :
I mean, SMS is explicitly asynchronous - there's no guarantee a text will
be delivered at any time - so the time you send something is meaningless.
Especially with kids.
While technically that's true, how many times have you sent an SMS/MMS message and had it NOT arrive within seconds of you sending it?
The good news is it works on all platforms, so anyone can test it out.
<https://home.pulsesms.app/overview/>
So why don't you? You're the one who already uses it and sing its praises. You could have done it in the time it took write this post.
Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:
But it does make me wonder if the scheduled message is stored and sent
from the (say) phone, or if it is stored and sent from an Apple server.
I'd suspect the latter.
When? At the same time scheduled time or when you switched off airplane
mode?
Interestingly, you claim this app is free and open source, but the source doesn't exist and the github releases haven't been updated in nearly 18 months.
https://github.com/maplemedia/pulse-sms-desktop/pull/16
That's worrying for an election app as they require regular updates to fix vulnerabilities and bugs.
Will it send for everyone?
Hell if I know.
But if I say it does, then you guys will jump all over me, like you always >> do, so I kept mum about it and simply said anyone could test it.
Pulse SMS works with Chrome & Firefox on any platform and it runs on
Android phones & tablets, and Android TV and macOS, Windows & Linux.
Unlike almost everything from Apple, PulseSMS works in the real world.
Not if you look at the reviews. Almost all recent reviews complain that it doesn't work on Android (anymore) or requires a subscription. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.klinker.messenger
The Play Store version has been updated so it looks like they've abandoned their open source model.
Sorry to tell you but I don't read all your posts. I often killfile you.
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