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best SMS app for android?

Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:26 pm
Posted by kadahoola
Member since Aug 2014
18 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:26 pm
I've been using Hangouts, but apparently the SMS is being phased out from it.

I'm not a fan of my phone's default messenger app.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
39366 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:27 pm to
Textra
Posted by Givens
Member since May 2016
740 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:33 pm to
Android Messages (Google app)
Posted by Got Heeem
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:35 pm to
Textra. Nothing comes close
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96338 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:42 pm to
quote:

Textra. Nothing comes close



I use textra as well but android messages might pass them up soon. It's certainly not "nothing comes close".
Posted by Got Heeem
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:55 pm to
No quick compose.. No scheduled texts. That's just a quick glance. Textra has much deeper customization as well.
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96338 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:57 pm to
scheduled text? dude that's just some fluff 99.9% will never use.

I believe android messages is incorporating RCS quicker which is why they have a change to surpass textra. Textra may be getting it soon too and if they do i will continue to use textra. I enjoy it. But the difference between the two is pretty negligible.
Posted by Got Heeem
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 7:12 pm to
Never use? Fluff? I think you're underestimating the feature.
Posted by Hat Tricks
Member since Oct 2003
28653 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

Android Messages (Google app)
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96338 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 7:21 pm to
i dont. i've used both. i prefer textra at the moment but you are vastly exaggerating the gap between the two.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
52344 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:37 pm to
Textra
Posted by Got Heeem
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:49 pm to
quote:

you are vastly exaggerating the gap between the two.

Two features that I use all the time. It may be small gap to you, but it's huge to me.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
78732 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:22 pm to
quote:

Textra. Nothing comes close
Posted by LesGeaux45
Member since Nov 2009
9232 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 10:16 pm to
Textra for sure.
Posted by jennyjones
New Orleans Saints Fan
Member since Apr 2006
9491 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 10:20 pm to
Team Textra
Posted by wizziko
New Jersey Nets Fan
Member since Jan 2006
35881 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 10:37 pm to
Count me in for Textra. I have Sprint and Android Messages always has issues getting my MMS messages. Textra never fails. Also I enjoy that I can have a new text wake the screen, see what the message is, and reply without unlocking the phone
Posted by seawolf06
NH
Member since Oct 2007
8159 posts
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:04 am to
I use Textra.

Does anyone here pay for it or does everyone just use the free version?

I really hate the delayed ad at the top, but not sure I want to pay to get rid of it.
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22308 posts
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:06 am to
Google rewards then use that to pay for it
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2140 posts
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:28 am to
I used Textra for a while, loved it, but it started messing up for me. I wouldnt get pictures that were sent in group texts. Switched to android messages and haven't had an issue.

I know i'm in the minority that had an issue with Textra, most people love it.
Posted by Maximus
Member since Feb 2004
81277 posts
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:33 am to
Textra was the best for me then started texting one digit off from the numbers I was sending to. I'm using pulse now which lets you get texts on your tablet too. Not as good as textra but better than the others I tried.
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