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Features of Messages - SMS Texting

Everything in the app, in one place: SMS and MMS, smart filters, scheduled texts, chat lock, widgets, dual-SIM support, themes and more.

SMS & MMS messaging

Text anyone from your Android phone. Send pictures, files, your location or a contact card as MMS, and use groups for conversations with several people.

  • Send and receive SMS and MMS
  • Attach photos from your gallery or camera, files, locations and contact cards
  • Create named group conversations and manage members
  • Group MMS option keeps everyone's replies in the same group (needs carrier MMS)
  • Link previews, message signatures, copy, forward and share
Chat screen in Messages - SMS Texting with sent and received message bubbles

Smart message filters

Messages sorts your inbox into useful categories so you can jump straight to what matters.

  • Smart Categories: Transactions, Finance, Orders, Reminders and Promotions
  • Known Senders, Unknown Senders, Unread and Spam views, plus Archived and locked chats
  • Pick a filter from the Messages home screen
Smart Categories in Messages - SMS Texting: Transactions, Finance, Orders, Reminders and Promotions, plus Advanced Search, Spam and Archived

Scheduled messages

Write it now, send it later. Schedule a text for a specific date and time and manage everything from one screen.

  • Choose a contact or number, write your message and pick a future time
  • Edit or delete scheduled messages before they send, or tap Send Now to send one immediately
  • Uses exact alarms so messages go out on time (Android may ask for permission once), and scheduled messages are restored after a restart or app update
Schedule Messages form in Messages - SMS Texting with recipient, message, date and time fields

Chat lock and app lock

Protect private conversations. Locked chats are hidden from the main list and stay locked after you restart the app.

  • 4-digit PIN to open locked chats
  • Fingerprint or face unlock on supported devices
  • Security questions as a recovery backup
  • Optional app lock when the app is closed
Chat Lock screen in Messages - SMS Texting asking you to create a 4-digit passcode

Dual-SIM support

If your phone has two SIMs, you decide which one sends your texts.

  • Set a default SIM for sending, or choose Ask each time
  • A SIM picker appears when sending, with an option to remember your choice

Home-screen widgets

Six widget styles bring your messages to your home screen. Widgets are resizable.

  • Unread count with quick compose
  • Sender-first view of who is waiting
  • Priority view showing who to reply to first
  • Momentum view with unread and today's activity
  • Large weekly recap of your messaging activity

Themes, accent colors and languages

Make Messages look and read the way you like.

  • Light, dark, follow-system, or scheduled dark mode that switches on at night
  • Choose your accent color
  • More than 30 languages with a built-in language picker
Appearance settings in Messages - SMS Texting with System, Light and Dark themes, accent colors and scheduled dark mode

Organize your conversations

Tools to keep long lists of conversations under control.

  • Pin important conversations to the top
  • Favorites for the people you text most
  • Archive conversations you do not need right now
  • Select several conversations to mark read, archive or delete
  • Mute notifications for a single conversation

Recently Deleted and blocking

Deleting is not always final, and unwanted senders can be blocked.

  • Deleted conversations move to Recently Deleted and can be restored for 40 days
  • Block and unblock numbers from the Blocked Numbers list
  • Blocking works when Messages is your default SMS app

Statistics

See your messaging activity at a glance, including the conversations you use most.

  • A summary of your messaging activity
  • Per-contact totals and sent and received percentages in contact details

Location, contacts and export

Share what you need, and take your conversations with you.

  • Send your location or drop a pin on an interactive OpenStreetMap map
  • Share a contact card from your address book
  • Export a conversation as a neatly formatted TXT or PDF, with day headings, chat-style bubbles and page numbers
  • Call a contact or start a Google Meet video call from a conversation (Google Meet must be installed)

Notifications and Ad-Free Time

Control how the app alerts you, and how many ads you see.

  • Notification sound and vibration settings
  • Priority notifications for important messages
  • Watch a short rewarded ad to turn off banner, full-screen and app-open ads for a period of time (native ads inside lists stay); earn more time up to a daily limit
  • Manage your ad consent choices from Settings
  • Optional app updates from Google Play, with Update and Later choices

Good to know

Messages - SMS Texting sends standard SMS and MMS through your mobile carrier. It is not an internet-based chat service, and carrier charges may apply depending on your plan. Some features, such as blocking and group MMS, depend on using the app as your default SMS app and on your carrier's support.

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