You know that you have to send an important text message at a certain time, for work or to a friend or relative and you can’t afford to forget about it, but then the commitments of the day make you forget about that important commitment and by the time you remember, the time has passed and now sending it is of little use. It’s an embarrassment, it’s something that casts doubt on your reliability, and it’s likely that you’ve made a mess of things.

It is not an uncommon thing, as it happens to make the commitment to call a person and then the time that passes without you realizing it and the commitments that occupy your mind in other things, make sure that in the end that call has not been made at all. You can’t schedule the call unless you put a memo on your phone, but you can certainly schedule the text message.

Even the night before or in the morning when you get up, write your SMS, schedule it to be sent at the appointed time and then you can forget about it, your SMS will be sent as if you had a diligent secretary to take care of it. Very convenient, also because you don’t need to interrupt your activity at that very moment: if you’re in a meeting with your Director you certainly can’t say “Excuse me, I’ll be right back” to stand back and send your SMS, with proper Apps designed for this feature, these problems are perfectly overcome.

SMS Scheduler

Scheduler is available for free on the Android PlayStore, but it features some ads that you can avoid only by downloading the paid version, using the Remove button inside the app. Once downloaded from the Store, click on Install and then open the application.

Once the application is open, select the “+” button in the lower right corner and then click the “Allow” button three times to agree to the terms of use and give permission to access contacts and SMS management.

At this point a screen will open in which you will set the time and date of sending your SMS. You can do this through the Select schedule Time and Select schedule date fields. You can select, at this point, if your message should be sent only once or if you want it to be sent periodically on a scheduled basis, through the “Select Schedule Type” menu.

Now scroll to the bottom of the screen and select by typing the phone number to which you want to send the message and then the text of the message itself; the phone number must be entered in the TO field in which the recipient is identified, the text must be edited in the “Message” field.

When you have done this you must tap on the “Schedule” button. You will find your scheduled message in the “Pending SMS” tab. At any time during the scheduled sending time of your SMS, you can make changes to any setting with the “EDIT” button or delete everything with the “Delete” button.

At the determined time your SMS will be sent to the recipient and you will be notified of this action with a notification in the Notification Center of Android and you can find the sent message in the tab of the application “Sent SMS”. If there is a problem sending the message, you will be notified in the Failed SMS tab where the message will be moved.

In addition to the application we have mentioned, there are other applications with the same functionality and a very similar use that you will find both in the Android Store and in the Apple Store, so you can have this feature with any smartphone you have in your hand. Go, therefore, on your reference store and look for the application you prefer, but if you want you can easily use the one just described.