iPhone 16 Pro: Send Later option not appearing to schedule texts to Android

panderings wrote:

I have an iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26.5. I saw on this page that the Send Later function for texts can now be used to send texts to any device, not just iPhones. But I don't see the "Send Later" option when I hit the + button next to the text window when I want to schedule a text to an Android user. It's still only appearing to send to other iPhones.

Read here Schedule a text message on iPhone to send later - Apple Support

panderings wrote:

I saw that page. The problem is I don't have the "Send Later" option in iMessage when trying to send to an Android phone.

Right if you saw the page and you didn't see that option then it means you can only use send later to other Apple devices via imessage.