How it works
Write now, deliver at the right time
Later holds a WhatsApp message and delivers it at the moment you choose, worked out in the recipient's own time. Five minutes of reading and you're using it.
What it's for
Something occurs to you at 11 at night for someone in Madrid. Send it and their phone rings at 4 in the morning. Wait, and you forget.
Install it on your phone
Later isn't in the App Store: you install it from the browser and it lives on your home screen like any other app. This step matters, because from a browser tab it can't reach you when something needs your attention.
If you opened the link and see the app inside the browser, find the share button and choose Add to Home Screen. Then open Later from the new icon.
Link your WhatsApp
A QR code appears under Settings → WhatsApp . Scan it from your phone with WhatsApp → Settings → Linked devices, exactly like using WhatsApp on a computer.
From then on Later can send for you even with your phone switched off. And your contacts appear on their own — nothing to import.
Schedule your first message
Tap the green button at the bottom right. Three things: who, what you're saying, and when it lands.
Later proposes a sensible hour where that person is — tomorrow morning by default — and shows both times at once: theirs and yours. For a different one, tap Change and pick a chip, type “Monday at 10”, or set an exact date and time.
What happens at delivery time
At the scheduled moment Later sends the message on its own. You don't have to do anything, and the app doesn't need to be open.
If the WhatsApp session isn't available for some reason, you get a notification and one tap opens WhatsApp with the message already written. A message is never lost in silence.
Birthdays
Under Birthdays you can note someone's date and pick one of two things: Later reminds you, or Later sends the greeting for you. It repeats every year.
Two more things
About your data. Your contacts' names and numbers are not kept in any database. Pending messages are encrypted and no person reads them: delivery is automatic. You can erase everything from Settings whenever you want.
Using it well. Later is an unofficial WhatsApp client, so it's worth using it as what it is: a personal tool. Three things keep the risk at a minimum:· Don't use it for bulk sending.· Don't message people who aren't in your contacts.· Keep a person's volume, not a company's.The good news is that Later is built so that this is what happens by default: one recipient at a time, contacts from your own address book, and a daily cap per account. Straying from those three is what can end in a suspended WhatsApp account.
Both points are developed in the privacy policy.
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