Greetings from Christmas Y New Year’s after 12pm they are an all year classic. Even if what happened years ago no longer happens, when sending an SMS or calling to say hello was an impossible undertaking, current applications such as Telegram offer the possibility of scheduling messages. and although Whatsapp it doesn’t have a native function to do this, there is a way to achieve it.

It is worth clarifying, whenever a third-party application (i.e. not officially developed by the company) is installed, it must be checked that it has good scores on Google Play in order not to fall prey to phishing or malware. What some like wasavi Is to pretend to send the message, but at a chosen moment.

This application can be taken as an example because it is simple and does not require registration. What it asks is that we give it certain permissions. The app walks you through the process of setting these permissions. Authorization is required to overlay other apps, accessibility permission and permission to access your contacts.

The overlay over other apps permission is used to display a floating toolbar above WhatsApp, while the accessibility permission is required for the app to function. Access to contacts is required to be able to schedule messages from the application itself.

In the floating taskbar added by the application you can program the message: by choosing the option “Schedule message” the new compose message screen opens. There you have to choose a contact from the list and write the message you want to send in the box below. Just below you can choose a specific date and time you want to send the message.

There are two options for sending the message: fully automatic or as a notification. If left selected “Ask me before sending the message”, you receive a notification at the exact moment when to send or not the message. If unchecked, it is sent without confirmation. Which is exactly what you want to do when planning a Christmas greeting.

There is one detail: the application requires the phone to be unlocked when sending the notificationso it might be more practical to unprotect from PINpattern, fingerprint or face to work fine.

How to schedule messages on Telegram

Telegram, the messaging service that competes with WhatsApp, has a much easier option because it’s native.

The only thing to do is to access the platform from your computer, compose the message you want and before sending it to each contact, go to the menu, choose the scheduling option and then indicate the time you want the message to arrive.

This implies an advantage over the more popular chat service, since we don’t run the risk of having to install third-party applications, with the risks that this entails for our personal data.

As in many other cases, Telegram fixes more simply and natively something than WhatsApp, no.

SL