AnswersDrive10 best texting apps and SMS apps for Android
- Facebook Messenger. Price: Free.
- Handcent Next SMS. Price: Free with in-app purchases.
- Mood Messenger. Price: Free.
- Pulse SMS. Price: Free / $10.99 / $0.99 per month.
- QKSMS. Price: Free / Optional in-app purchases.
- Signal Private Messenger. Price: Free.
- Textra SMS. Price: Free / $2.99.
- YAATA SMS. Price: Free with in-app purchases.
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What is the difference between SMS and MMS?
MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service and this type of text messaging is an evolution of the SMS. With a MMS, you can send a message including pictures, video, or audio content to another device. It is most commonly used to send a photo taken with a camera phone to another phone.
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What is the SMS app?
SMS (short message service) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, internet, and mobile-device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile devices to exchange short text messages.
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Where do I find SMS in settings?
Step 2: Set up your new texting app
- Open the Hangouts app .
- At the top, tap Menu .
- Tap Settings SMS SMS enabled.
- Select the text messaging app you want as the default. If you're using an older device, you might need to tap Default SMS app. If you don't see this option, set up your texting app in your phone's settings.
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What does the Allo app do?
Google Allo is an instant messaging mobile app by Google for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems, with a web client available on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera. The app uses phone numbers as identifiers, and allows users to exchange messages, files, voice notes and images.
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What is Message+ app?
Integrated Messaging is a service that works with Verizon Messages (Message+) to let you send and receive text and multimedia messages seamlessly on your smartphone, tablet, computer or the web using your Verizon mobile number. The service syncs up to 90 days of messages across your devices.
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How do you turn on group messaging on Android?
Android
- Go to the main screen of your messaging app and tap the menu icon or menu key (on the bottom of the phone); then tap Settings.
- If Group Messaging isn't in this first menu it may be in the SMS or MMS menus. In the example below, it's found in the MMS menu.
- Under Group Messaging, enable MMS.
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Can you send a text through WIFI?
These SMS text apps run on your data plan. This means they can send and receive SMS Text messages over your WIFI signal. Smartphones will always utilize your WIFI connection to send data instead of the cellular network if it is available.
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What is Samsung messaging?
Samsung Messages is a message application that allows you to exchange messages with any users with phone numbers, without needing to sign up for a separate messaging feature.
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How do I change my default messaging app?
Follow the steps below to change your default messaging application:
- Touch Apps.
- Touch Settings.
- Scroll to and touch Applications.
- Touch Default applications.
- Touch Messaging app.
- Select the messaging application you want to set as the default.
- Touch YES to confirm the change, if necessary.
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Is there a way to see if someone read your text?
If it's green, it's an ordinary text message and doesn't offer the read/delivered receipts. iMessage only works when you're sending messages to other iPhone users. Even then, you'll only see that they've read your message if they've turned on the 'Send Read Receipts' option in Settings > Messages.
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What is a push bullet?
Pushbullet is one of the fastest and easiest way to get links, notes, lists, files, and addresses both from your desktop computer to your mobile device and vice versa. All of this is done from the Pushbullet Android app, the service's Web site, or one of the browser extensions for Chrome or Firefox.
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How much does textra pro cost?
You'll also see an option under Textra settings > Upgrade to Pro. In the meantime thanks heaps for your interest. We appreciate it. P.S The cost is US$2.99 or local equiv, this fee is a once only fee.
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What is the app textra?
Textra is an SMS and MMS app that replaces the stock messaging app, and while there are many apps out there that share the same basic function as Textra, I believe Textra takes the cake. Here's why. Developer: Delicious. Price: Free with ads. Premium removes ads forever.
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Can you get Imessage on a PC?
iMessage for PC with iPhone. If you have an iPhone or an iPad the only way to sync it so that your iMessages will go to your Windows machine is to jailbreak the phone or tablet. There are a few caveats to that, which you should know and take into account before continuing.
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How do I remove a device from Pushbullet?
In your web browser, go to https://www.pushbullet.com/#devices devices. Log into your Pushbullet account and view the devices in the left-pane. In the devices list, click on the small triangle to reveal the options for the device you want to remove from your Pushbullet account. Click on the Delete button.
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How do I send a text message from my computer?
Combine your recipient's 10 digit phone number with one of these domains:
- Alltel: @message.alltel.com (or @mms.alltelwireless.com for picture messages)
- AT&T: @text.att.net.
- Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com.
- T-Mobile: @tmomail.net.
- Verizon: @vtext.com (or @vzwpix.com for photos and video)
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Can I read my text messages on icloud?
You can view photos, contacts, notes, reminders, etc. on iCloud.com, but text messages/iMessages are not typically viewable on iCloud.com. Surely it's on cloud and on Apple's server. But you can't view the messages online. So even if someone has your Apple ID, they can't see your text messages.
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Are text messages saved to the cloud?
Answer: About how to add, save or backup messages to iCloud, just like we mentioned in Question 1, all the messages on iPhone, including Text Messages, iMessages, SMS messages, MMS messages, are included in iCloud backup. During this process, almost all the content on your iPhone will be backed up.
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How do I send a text message from my Icloud?
In your Settings go to Messages> Send & Receive and you should be able to set your preferences from there. Go to the "Start New Conversations From:" section and set your phone number to be the default. Uncheck the email address(es) just leaving your phone number checked.