Monday, April 1, 2019

Write now, send later with Schedule send in Gmail

What’s changing

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.


Helpful links



Availability

Rollout details

  • Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 1, 2019
  • Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 15, 2019

Please note, users may see the “Scheduled” folder before they are able to schedule their emails. This is expected behavior.

G Suite editions

  • Available to all G Suite editions

On/off by default?

  • This feature will be ON by default.

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