Instagram will now allow you to schedule direct messages, as first reported by TechCrunch. With this characteristic, you may long-press on the “ship” button after which select a date and time that you simply’d prefer to ship your message.
As noted on Instagram’s support page, you may schedule messages containing solely textual content, that means you may nonetheless solely ship pictures, movies, or GIFs to pals or relations in real-time. While you click on on a chat with a scheduled message, Instagram will display a discover that exhibits what number of messages you will have scheduled.
Tapping into the discover and long-pressing your message additionally offers you the choice to delete it or ship it straight away. Proper now, it seems like you may solely schedule a message as far out as 29 days.