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WhatsApp begins testing scheduled messages on iPhone beta

WhatsApp has started testing scheduled messages with select iPhone beta testers, less than two weeks after the feature debuted on Android beta, according to WABetaInfo.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-23 11:09

Users type a message in the chat composer and hold the send button, WABetaInfo said. WhatsApp then opens a schedule screen with a date and time picker. A green button at the bottom shows the exact delivery time before the user confirms. After scheduling, WhatsApp displays a confirmation in the chat that only the user who scheduled the message can see.

Messages can be scheduled as little as 10 minutes in advance or as far as two weeks ahead, according to the report. Scheduled messages appear in a dedicated section in the chat info screen, or the group info screen for group chats. The feature supports text, photos, videos and links, but users cannot schedule multiple photos or videos at once; each media item must be scheduled separately.

In group chats, scheduled messages are delivered only to users who were already members when the message was scheduled. Anyone who joins the group afterward will not receive the message, even if they join before it is sent, WABetaInfo said.

Scheduled messages are available only to select beta testers, and there is no way to enable the feature manually, the report said. WhatsApp has not said when the feature will launch publicly. Earlier this year, WABetaInfo reported code references in WhatsApp's beta suggesting the company was working on message scheduling, though the feature was not available for testing at the time.

Meta does not generally break down active user figures by platform. Mark Zuckerberg said in April last year that WhatsApp had more than 3 billion monthly active users worldwide. Despite that scale, WhatsApp had lacked message scheduling, a feature some competing services have offered for years.

Editor's Summary WhatsApp is testing scheduled messages with select iPhone beta testers after a similar Android beta rollout, according to WABetaInfo. The feature allows text, photo, video and link messages to be scheduled 10 minutes to two weeks ahead, with limits on group delivery and multiple media items. No public launch date has been announced.