Google Messages

Google's SMS and RCS texting app for phones, with a web client for texting from a computer.

FreeProprietaryAndroidWeb
Official websitemessages.google.com

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About Google Messages

Google Messages is Google's text messaging app for SMS and RCS conversations. Besides the phone app, it has a web client at messages.google.com, so you can read and send texts from a computer's browser instead of picking up the phone.

It suits people who already text from an Android phone and want the same conversations on a laptop or desktop. It works on the ordinary phone network and RCS, so it is not a separate chat service that contacts need to join.

Strengths

  • Handles both SMS and RCS in one app
  • Web client for texting from a computer
  • Works with contacts who use ordinary texting

Limitations

  • Closed source and run by Google
  • The web client depends on the phone app

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to use; normal carrier charges for SMS may apply.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Google
Platforms
Android, Web
How it runs
Downloadable app, Web application
Best suited for
Android users who want to send texts from a computer
Categories
Messaging
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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Google Messages as an alternative

Listings that name Google Messages as an alternative.

  • Cheogram

    An Android XMPP client that links chat with phone numbers, SMS and calls through pluggable routes.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

    Google Messages handles SMS and RCS texting with a web client, but it is closed source, run by Google, and does not support XMPP chat.

Similar software

Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.

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