Gmail’s new scheduling feature should have arrived in your account by now, and if you haven’t been using it, you definitely should. You can schedule emails to send on a specific day and time, rather than trying to remember to send them. The new feature is similar to Boomerang, except it’s built right into Gmail, which makes it a million times more convenient. You can schedule emails up to 49 years in advance (a great way to say happy birthday every year).
Why would you need the ability to schedule time sent on email?
- You might want to schedule a whole bunch of friend and family birthday wishes, in advance (You are not a procrastinator; you are a “precrastinator”).
- You have a colleague in a different timezone and you want to be courteous (since they keep their phone on at all times and you don’t want to wake that person).
- You are a control freak (well, you probably are not using Gmail, then). No offense, folks, I’m in this bucket, but just had too many things lumped into the Google ecosystem and there was an extension that I used years ago.
Gmail Has Revolutionized The Outbox… the What’s changing
A You can now schedule your emails in Gmail to be sent at a later date and time. We’re launching this feature on Android, iOS and Gmail on the web.
Who’s impacted
End users
Why you’d use it
Just write your email as you normally would, then schedule it to be sent at a more appropriate date or time. This gives you greater control, allowing you to shift your work time to wherever and whenever is most convenient to you and your recipients. Additionally, it’s even easier to collaborate globally, allowing you to work across time-zones while still respecting everyone’s digital well-being.
How to get started
- Admins: No action required.
- End users: When drafting an original email or reply in Gmail, you’ll now see an arrow next to the “Send” button.
- Clicking this arrow now gives you the option “Schedule send” option.
- After clicking “Schedule send”, you can pick the specific date & time you’d like the message to be delivered.
Additional details
With this launch, we’ll also be adding a “Scheduled” folder in Gmail. Scheduled messages will appear in the “Scheduled” folder while queued to be sent.