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

As of 16 Nov 24, still doesn’t work on my IPhone 16, IOS 18 18.1

it's still broken in iOS 18.1.1

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

This one didn’t work for me, unfortunately

I tried this, and I also tried engaging the focus, but neither of these have fixed my situation. Maybe I will reboot my phone and then maybe it will work. Please God.

If you ask Apple, they will tell you it is working as intended.

All these "bug reports" are really feature requests.

Thanks to Tanushi6565 I tested the Send Now on other apple users and it is there. It doesn’t work on other devices (Android). Apple, you need to fix this.

To Iphone user, Send Later function is available. To other brand phone user, the Send Later function disappeared. As Iphone 16 user, this is a BAD experience.

It appears to depend on the recipient.

send later not showing up after the update on iPhone 16 promax. Followed instructions and nothing,

Same deal 2 days and it’s gone. Bizarre for sure

I verified my phone has the most up to date software and still cannot schedule a text. This is VERY FRUSTRATING. How can this be fixed?

Same here! It’s appearing but when trying to use send later , it’s disappeared when selecting receiver name

It will only work if the receiver turn on iMessage send and receive options and also needs to login number

every time I want to send later I text it keeps saying not delivered

It worked for me to Android I did a few tests, then it disappeared. It would be amazing for it to work!