LINE Adds Scheduled Messages, Up to One Year Ahead, Free for Now
LINE is rolling out "Message Scheduling" through LINE Labs, letting users send chats at a chosen time up to a year ahead. It is free during the trial period.
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How it works
Scheduling works in both one-on-one chats and group chats. The send time can be set anywhere from five minutes to one year in the future. The company points to birthdays, anniversaries and New Year greetings as obvious uses, as well as holding back a late-night message so that it arrives the next morning.
A scheduled message can be edited or rescheduled any time before it is sent, and it can also be sent immediately after a change. LINE sends a notification once the message has gone out.
To turn it on, users need LINE version 26.17.0 or later. Open "Settings" from the Home tab, go to "LINE Labs" and switch on "Message Scheduling". In a chat, type the message, long-press the send button, choose "Scheduled message" and set the time.
Paid plans after the trial
When the trial ends, the company plans to offer the feature as a perk for LYP Premium members from this winter onward. That covers the LYP Premium Standard plan at 508 yen a month and LYP Premium with Netflix from 890 yen a month.
There is one catch for non-subscribers. If a user without LYP Premium schedules a message for a time after the LINE Labs trial ends, that message will not be sent. Signing up for LYP Premium during the trial keeps those messages working.
LINEヤフー also warns that actual delivery may be later than the scheduled time because of network conditions or heavy traffic.
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