Ship texts in your occupy time with Android’s unusual Time table Ship characteristic

Google stated Tuesday that it’s starting up to roll out Time table Ship, a vogue for you to time table texts in Android Messages in distinguished the identical formula you would possibly also time table an email.

Time table Ship is one of several unusual aspects Google presented for Android, along with Password Checkup, an improved darkish mode for Google Maps, and some enhancements to Android Auto and Google Assistant.

Google designed the unusual Time table Ship characteristic to be easy to use—it’s without a doubt easy to expose. To trigger it, all you’ll want to attain is long-press the Ship button in Messages. That will open up the scheduling menu, and you’ll be ready to protect shut a date and time to ship your message. You’ll want an updated version of Messages to enable this, besides to a phone working Android 9 and above.

Right here’s how the unusual Time table Ship characteristic on Android works:

Assistant updates, Maps darkish mode and more

Google’s other Android aspects would possibly also just no longer be as profound, but they’re mute recommended. Google Assistant, for one thing, now works better when the phone isn’t shut beside you, Google stated. Assistant is adding excessive-visibility cards so as that your phone would possibly also just furthermore be better be taught across the room. “To internet basically the most out of Assistant when your phone is locked, simply switch on Lock Conceal Private Ends in Assistant setting and divulge “Hi there Google’’ to ship text messages and arrangement calls,” Google stated in a blog post announcing the unusual aspects. 

Google’s added an improved darkish theme to Maps as properly. You’ll doubtless be ready to enable an repeatedly-on darkish theme via the Settings menu, the place you would possibly also faucet on Issues and then Repeatedly in Darkish Theme to enable it. You’ll doubtless be ready to also reverse it with an Repeatedly in Gentle Theme setting.

Likewise, Android Auto has added some leisure to mosey the time while you would possibly even be out and about, with video games that can furthermore be precipitated with “Hi there Google, let’s play a game.” Games consist of Jeopardy! besides to trivialities, Google stated. You’ll want Android Auto 6.0 for these. 

Within the destroy, Google has debuted an updated version of TalkBack, its assistive show cloak reader. New aspects consist of more intuitive gestures, a unified menu, a brand unusual reading retain watch over menu, and more.

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