I’ve a horrible reminiscence. Although I strive to make sure that I write every little thing down, whether or not it’s within the type of a be aware, a reminder, or a calendar occasion, I nonetheless generally lose these issues within the chaos of every day — particularly on the subject of speaking about any of these issues with household and associates.
Folks have generally identified to me that I forgot to achieve out to them about one thing. Typically, it’s as harmless as following up about planning for the subsequent weekend. Different instances, nevertheless, it’s as a result of I missed wishing them a cheerful birthday. It’s not good.
At work, I exploit Slack, and its potential to schedule messages for later is a large assist for me to make sure I don’t neglect to achieve out to my coworkers on the proper time about one thing. I’ve been hoping Apple would add such a characteristic for… ceaselessly, and I’m so grateful it’s lastly right here.
At WWDC 2024, the corporate introduced iOS 18 and with it, a ton of recent options coming to iMessage. Along with new results and formatting choices, you’ll now lastly be capable of schedule a message to be despatched at a later date and time.
iMessage receives all-new textual content results that deliver conversations to life by amplifying any letter, phrase, phrase, or emoji with dynamic, animated appearances. Customers can higher categorical tone by including formatting like daring, underline, italics, and strikethrough. Tapbacks broaden to incorporate any emoji or sticker, and now customers can compose a message and schedule to ship it at a later time.
That is the characteristic I’ve been desperately wanting for a very long time. There have been loads of instances that I must ship a message to somebody however not proper in the intervening time I assumed or was reminded about it. Proper now, whether or not or not that message will get despatched is a toss-up, however with Ship Later, I’ll really be capable of observe by on all of my communication.
I’m positive my family and friends will probably be even happier about this characteristic. They may not know I’m utilizing it, however they’ll absolutely admire the elevated consistency it’ll create on my behalf. Sorry, everybody! I promise I’ll be extra constant…within the fall when iOS 18 comes out.
In fact, that’s only one characteristic coming to Messages in iOS 18. There’s additionally RCS assist for higher messaging experiences with Android customers and Messages through satellite tv for pc, which permits us to proceed messaging our household and associates—even with out a mobile or Wi-Fi connection. Ship Later is simply the one that’s going to make the most important influence on me.
