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    WhatsApp's scheduled messages arrive seven years after Telegram, closing the automation gap brands were filling with workarounds
    October 19, 2026
    •5 min read
    Lucy Hall
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    WhatsApp's scheduled messages arrive seven years after Telegram, closing the automation gap brands were filling with workarounds

    WhatsApp is rolling out native message scheduling to Android beta users, matching a feature Telegram launched in 2019. For brands already stretched across time zones and API templates, it signals the end of shortcuts and the start of a long-overdue automation layer.

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