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How to Send a Text From Your Computer to iOS or Android

Need to message someone but your phone isn’t handy? Try these tips

What to Know

• To send a text to an iOS device, use iMessage.
• To send to Android device from iMessage, go to Settings >Messages >Text Message Forwarding.
• For Android, go to Messages >More options menu >Messages for web. In a browser go to https://messages.google.com/web.

This article explains how to send a text from a computer to an iOS or Android device. Instructions apply to macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Additional information covers how to sync texts between your smartphone, web browser, and desktop PC using Pushbullet.

How to Text From Computer Using iMessage (iOS & MacOS)

Apple’s iMessage service is the popular way to send messages between iPhones, and now you can also send them from your Mac computer. All you need is the Messages app on your iPhone and Mac, and an Apple ID. Be sure to sign in with the same Apple ID you use with Messages on your iPhone and other devices. To use this feature, you need iOS 8 or later on your iPhone and OS X Yosemite or later on your Mac. It’s also compatible with Apple Watches running watchOS 1.0 or later.

iMessage can use data or Wi-Fi to send and receive messages, so it doesn’t count against your text messaging plan. You can forward text messages (such as those from Android users) from your iPhone and iPad to your Mac by going to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding, then choosing which devices can send and receive text messages from your iPhone.

Send Text From Computer Using Google Messages (Android & Web Browsers)

You can send and receive text messages, photos, voice messages, and video using Google Messages on your smartphone and desktop. To link the mobile app and the web version:

Open the Messages app on your smartphone, tap the More options menu (three vertical dots), then tap Messages for web. Messages in the Google Messages app count toward your texting plan; the app doesn’t use data, and the recipient doesn’t need to have the app.

Visit https://messages.google.com/web on your computer using one of the following browsers: Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer isn’t supported.

On your Android smartphone, tap Scan QR code and point it at the QR code displayed on the computer.

Select Yes under Remember this computer if you’re using a trusted device, so you only have to do this once. Then you can opt into desktop notifications if you want, and you’ll see your text history on the page.

Sync Text Messages Using Pushbullet (Android, iOS & Web Browsers)

Pushbullet syncs your texts between your smartphone, web browser, and desktop PC; it also lets you share websites and images from your smartphone to your computer (or multiple computers) and vice versa. There are Pushbullet apps for Android, iOS, and Windows PCs. Pushbullet also works with Chrome, Firefox, and Opera browsers.

Install the mobile app on your phone and the desktop app on your computer.

Sign in to each app with your Google or Facebook account to link them together. You should start seeing text notifications pop up on your desktop that you can respond to; you can initiate texts, too.

To test if the notifications are working, go to Mirroring in the mobile Android app and tap Send test notification. It should show up on both your phone and computer and dismissing the alert on either device should also dismiss it from the other.

Send Texts Using Google Voice (Cross-Platform)

You can also send texts using Google Voice to U.S. and Canadian numbers for free.

On your smartphone or PC, go to your account page and select the messages icon on the left. Here’s where you also see your text history.

Select Send a message to create a new one, or select a conversation to continue a thread.

The texts show up as sent from your Google Voice number.

The Google Voice interface looks very similar to Google Hangouts; in fact, you can link Hangouts to the Voice account:

First, make sure you’re signed in to each service using the same username and email address.

Go to hangouts.google.com, then go to Menu > Settings.

In the Google Voice section, check Receive SMS and voicemail in Hangouts.

When you receive texts in Hangouts, they’re labeled SMS via Google Voice.

You can also open Hangouts in Gmail. At the top of your Hangouts list, select the Down arrow next to your name and profile photo, then scroll to the bottom of the Settings screen and check the box next to Receive SMS and voicemail in Hangouts.

Send Texts With the Samsung Messaging App

If you have a Galaxy Book or Galaxy Tab Pro S, you can send and receive text messages using the Samsung Messaging app. This application comes preinstalled on your device, so all you need to do is link your phone number. Launch Samsung Messaging from your home screen (or find it in your folders) to begin the setup process.

The Samsung Messaging app is currently supported on the Galaxy Book 10.6 LTE, Galaxy Book 12 LTE, Galaxy Book 2, and Galaxy Tab Pro S.

Email a Text

Another method, albeit clunkier compared to the others in this article, is to send a text message via email. Each wireless carrier has an email formula for doing so. For example, to send a text message (SMS) to an AT&T user, email «number@txt.att.net,» but replace «number» with a 10-digit phone number. To send an MMS (multimedia message, such as a photo) email «number@mms.att.net.» Check with the carrier or reference this list of carrier email addresses.

The issue here is the email could end up in the recipients’ spam folder or get lost in the shuffle since it looks different from standard email addresses. You must also know which carrier the recipient uses.

Text From Computer Using SMS Websites

Finally, there are SMS websites that let you send text messages anonymously.

Some of these websites collect the numbers that users input and sell them to third parties. This method is best reserved as a last resort when anonymity is critical.

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How to Send Group Texts with Android

Text messages are many people’s preferred method of keeping in touch. Quick, reliable, and simple, SMS messaging has gained in popularity long ago and is still a widely-used communication format. Sometimes, however, you want to notify multiple people about the same thing. Sending the same message to friends/family/coworkers over and over isn’t the most time-efficient way to go. Luckily, group texts are a thing in messaging. Here’s how to do it properly.

Why SMS?

You may wonder why you’d want to send a text message to a group of people instead of using a wide variety of online chat apps, such as Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber, Google Hangouts, Skype, etc. Well, the answer here is also a question. Do you ever use text messaging for sending individual messages? Yes, most likely, you do resort to the SMS format in certain instances. Why? If you’re in an area where a WiFi connection isn’t available and you’re using mobile data, a simple SMS text will save you a lot of data and time in sending the message.

So, the instances where you’ll want to resort to group text messages can occur and knowing how to send them can go a long way in helping you organize things.

How to Check if MMS is Turned on for Your Phone

If you’re wanting to send a group chat, here’s how to check is MMS is turned on for your phone.

1. Navigate to your default Messages app on your Android device.
2. Now, click on the three vertical dots menu, sometimes called a hamburger menu.
3. Now, scroll down and select Settings.
4. Next, click on Multimedia Messages (MMS).
5. Ensure that Auto-retrieve and Group Messaging are turned on.

The steps to check if MMS is turned on for your phone may vary from what is shown here. There are many different GUIs for the various Android operating systems in use, so you might need to look through your Settings menu to find it.

How to Send a Group Text on Android Phones

Well, first you’re going to launch the native Messaging app on your Android phone.

Of course, this app comes with the device and relies solely on your network to send and receive text messages. Because of this, you need to make sure that you have proper network access at the moment. If the “bars” on your phone’s home screen are full, start by creating a new message.

In the contacts selection part of the New Message screen, tap the contact icon. This may vary from device to device, as most manufacturers come up with their own interpretations of the Android OS.

Now, select the contacts that you want to group-message by tapping their contact icons. Finally, simply type the text message, as you would in any other SMS messaging instance and tap the send button. That’s it, you’ve successfully sent a group text message to the contacts that you’ve selected.

Is It Really a Group Chat?

Unfortunately, unlike the case is with iPhones, Android phones can’t really create group chats when it comes to SMS. iPhones can send photos, videos, reactions, and other things via the native messaging app using the internet, thanks to the iMessage feature. What iMessage also does, is it creates a group chat every time you try sending a group message. This works similarly to online chat apps. Every iPhone user gets every text message sent in the group chat.

On the other hand, sending a default group message from an Android phone will simply send that message to the selected people individually. They will all receive the message, but they won’t see who else you’ve sent it to and you’re the only one who will receive their replies. So, no, sending a group message does not mean starting a group chat on Android phones. The new Android users may need some time to adapt to this.

Can Android Do Group Messaging?

Yes, even without using third-party online chat apps. However, this requires the MMS protocol, meaning that this is a pricier option.

1. To change group text settings to MMS, navigate to Settings.
2. Then, go to Advanced, and turn on the group MMS option under Group Messaging.
3. Now, turn on the Auto-download MMS option, this might also be called Auto-retrieve.

This means that you can now essentially create group chats for your friends/family/coworkers. Everybody in the group chat will be able to see the SMS, or rather, the MMS messages that appear in it. Of course, as mentioned, this is a more expensive option, as MMS messages cost significantly more than the SMS do. Regardless, there you have it, this is how you can create a group chat on Android phones.

So, how is this going to work for other chat recipients? Well, quite simply, whether the person in question is an Android or an Apple user, their messaging options for that particular chat are going to switch to MMS. This means that anytime they send a message inside the chat in question, they will be actually sending an MMS instead of an SMS.

How to Leave a Text Group Chat?

You are probably used to being able to leave a chat on Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, Google Hangouts, Skype, and other popular chat apps. Well, you can’t actually leave a group text chat because you can’t really remove yourself from the group. What you can do is prevent your phone from receiving notifications from the group in question. Do this by entering the chat in question’s options and toggling the notification settings off. You can also delete the chat thread if you wish to.

Text Messaging

As you can see, creating a group chat using Android’s native messaging app is very much possible. Although iPhone users do have it better in these terms, by simply enabling the group MMS option on your Android device, you too can enjoy group text chats.

Have you tried enabling the group MMS setting? Are you still using the text group messaging? Feel free to tell your own story. What do you like about it? What are the downsides? Feel free to hit that comments section below.

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