"Send Later" option not appearing in Message app iOS 18

The send later feature was my fav part of the iOS 18 update. It worked great the first couple days. Then a week later it scheduled but didn't send until I went into the messages and sent it. What good is the feature if I have to go back in and send..? Now the option is gone. I've read thru this feed and STILL no response from Apple? Really?

Im switching to android. I've been peeved over a few IOS short comings, ex: I have my read messages turned off, yet it still shows people when I've read a message. C'mon Apple, get your tech together!!

I upgraded to iOS 18 for this "send later" feature that Apple advertised as working for any recipient with "any device." After I "upgraded," I found that I lost lots of photos. And now I can't use "send later" to android users.

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That's what I'm finding as well and it's a bummer. I send myself messages and leave them unread as a lazy reminder to do something -- often, I find it's more efficient for me than setting up a reminder because I check messages at discrete points in the day when I have the time to attend to whatever task I text myself, or at least formalize it as a reminder.

I just hung up from speaking with Apple support, and the person I spoke with confirmed that the documentation is misleading an should use language that excludes Android devices (maybe non iOS 18 devices).

Very disappointing, and difficult to understand.

Hopefully there will be sufficient outrage among iPhone users to motivate Apple to address this issue.

Apple removed my comments as they don’t like people knowing they failed!

Apple said “hey look you can send delayed text”

we all tried and it didn’t work and what do we hear of get from Apple: CRICKETS!!!!

Updates to ios 18.0.1 for one icons are still messed up but most importantly send later hasn't been fixed or resolved either.

“Send Later” option is not showing on my iphone

please fix this.

My family all have iPhones but I still don’t get a send later option. Do they have to all be on iOS 18?

I upgraded to IOS18. Send later is not showing up no matter what. Even if the recipient has an iphone. Both iPhone and iPad do not work.

I have tried several times it showed up once now no matter what I do it’s not there 😠

same thing😞 what should we do next?

it's still broken in iOS 18.1.1

What a disappointment—almost every new feature Apple showcased is falling apart. Truly a shame

I had the same problem, and contacted Apple about it. I think it will be fixed eventually. To note though, this feature does work on iPad, but does not work on iMac or iPhone.

Same here.

Same problem. So what’s the answer? I had send later after the update, and it is no longer appearing! I am very frustrated.