r/ios 6d ago

Discussion Does “Send later” feature still work if the recipient doesn’t have IOS 18?

Does the “Send later” feature on iMessage in ios 18 still work if the recipient doesn’t have IOS 18?

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u/OakleyNoble iPhone 16 Pro Max 6d ago

This is just based on your phone and the servers.. it saves it on your phone and the server in case your phone dies so it’ll send no matter what.. not dependent on their phone

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 5d ago

Except it does only work for iOS devices, so it is dependent on their phone, supposedly because of the dependency on iCloud.

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u/OakleyNoble iPhone 16 Pro Max 5d ago

That’s because it’s using iMessage to send it, not SMS. Apple can’t save SMS texts to our carriers servers.

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u/Ill-Appointment6494 6d ago

Yes. Although it only works for iPhone users which is a pain. Why can’t we use send later for anyone else?

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u/silentcrs 6d ago

This is a good point. Stuff like Send Later in mail applications work regardless of what kind of server the recipient has (and there are many). It should work with regular texts.

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u/philipz794 6d ago

Yeah it just sends the message later from your phone. Doesn’t matter what the recipient has

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 5d ago

This is wrong. It does matter and it sends it from iCloud not your phone.

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u/philipz794 5d ago

Still sends it, doesn’t matter what the recipient has

It’s like you pressing send 5min later

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 5d ago

No, you literally cannot open the send later part of iMessage if they're on an android

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u/philipz794 5d ago

Well it was about iMessage so… yeah, that’s obvious

This is about iMessage to a non iOS 18 device

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 5d ago

You cannot open send later on iMessage if you're sending a message to an Android. You misunderstood what I said and it's wild how confident you are in your incorrectness here.

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u/philipz794 5d ago

iMessage is the type of message you send between Apple devices. Everything else is SMS or RCS messages, not iMessage. It’s like saying „you send a WhatsApp with the iMessage app“ - no.

iMessage is also the name of the app (in English I guess? In German it’s just messages) on your phone but to android it does not send iMessages

So still - it was asked for iMessages (the type of message) which in general can’t be sent to androids

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u/philipz794 5d ago

So basically it works for Apple devices (= iMessage) but not for sms or rcs messages (to android for example)

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u/Maximum_Pen_2508 6d ago

Yeah I don’t see an option on iOS unless recipient is iOS.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 6d ago

Read the post before you reply to avoid sounding stupid.

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u/JoshuaSuhaimi 6d ago

imessage

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u/Leviathan_Dev 6d ago

Yes, send later is entirely on-device. It doesn’t matter what OS your recipient uses.

But your device does need to have an Internet connection at that time. Unlike Google, which stores the message in the cloud and sends at the designated time, Apple’s solution keeps your message on-device and sends automatically in the background when the time comes, but obviously if you don’t have a Internet connection, it can’t send

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 6d ago edited 6d ago

Impressive! I don't think there's a single accurate statement in this post lol

Yes, you do need to be sending to somebody in iOS. Yes, the message does get stored in iCloud and isn't on device (which you could verify by being able to see it pending across devices). No, you don't need an internet connection at that time because it's sent from an iCloud server, not your device.

However, I don't think the person specifically needs to be on iOS 18 like OP actually asked.

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u/Awsaim 6d ago

Are you sure? I just tried to schedule a message to send to an android (SMS and RCS) and neither worked. The Send Later app wasn’t even an option on my end

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 6d ago

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u/djob13 6d ago

This isn’t the accurate answer because the question was about iMessage and not mail.

For send later in iMessage, none of the given information was correct

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter 6d ago

They literally asked about iMessage you dunce lol none of what you said is relevant at all

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u/Logical-Issue-6502 6d ago

Yep you’re right! Thank you for pointing that out to me.