"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!!

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 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.

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.

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 😠

It only works on other iPhones and it’s not even sending until you go back and send the message manually. What a joke

I've turned off all focus settings still no send later option except for the one Iphone contact I have thats always had the options since this update just all my other contacts don't have the option so far this only works between iphone and iphone it will not work with iPhone to Android or an older flip phone. The only thing I've not tried is factory reseting the device I'm on iPhone 14 with ios 18.

The update stipulates that the “Send Later” function is only for IOS users via messenger. Does not work for SMS.

Really a bummer because Apple is the only one what doesn’t have this text function. It’s disappointing. Hopefully, this will be resolved.

you are a truly awesome person hadn't thought to contact support directly. and you are 100% that we are comprehending that "Any Device" means just that any device that has cell or texting services is what is supposed to be supported just like it is on android. on android you can schedule messages no issues doesn't matter if they're on a nokia phone from the early 2000s or if they're on a iphone just works. after this ordeal because i only have one or two friends with iphone i am switching back to androids.

Tried all options provided in this forum. The fact that it doesn’t work when texting non iPhone users shows the low level of developer intelligence.

This is my first iPhone, BIG MISTAKE. I HATE it. Will not buy another one.

My Samsung S8 had this ability in 2018 regardless of the recipients phone make and model.

Upon upgrading the iOS operating system, the artificial intelligence feature was present. However, upon joining the waitlist and receiving the feature, it disappeared. I am curious to know if Apple needs to release a new update to address this issue or if it is a separate problem.