IOS – Automatically receive the current billing cycle’s data usage update from cellular providers at pre-determined frequency

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With AT&T, I can text *DATA# from my iPhone to get data usage for the current billing cycle.

Is there any way to do this programmatically, say I automatically receive text every Wednesday at 13:00?

Best Answer

You can use the built-in Shortcuts app to automate actions on iPhone. It's not possible to completely automate the action of sending a text message, but you can have Shortcuts prompt you at a specific date/time and send the message with one tap.

  1. From the Shortcuts app, create a new Personal Automation at your desired Time of Day.

  2. Add a Message action to send a message with your text to a number of your choice.
    Disable ‘Show When Run’ to run the shortcut immediately on trigger without opening the app.

  3. When the time occurs, tap the notification to run the shortcut:

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