International Texting?

[jackjoe1234]

I need to text someone abroad, quite regularly, but they don't have a huge data allowance. I was wondering, if I buy one of those international numbers from an app, would it be sufficient enough? I would be texting through the app, and they would be texting back like normal.

 

[srkmagnus]

I need to text someone abroad, quite regularly, but they don't have a huge data allowance. I was wondering, if I buy one of those international numbers from an app, would it be sufficient enough? I would be texting through the app, and they would be texting back like normal.

If they don't have the data allowance, then by you using a service won't change how they are texting. I would recommend that you both use a service, such as Hangouts, to communicate. It doesn't use very much data as long as there are no images being sent between each other.

 

[jackjoe1234]

Ah, thanks. I've used the services in the past but via pc so I wasn't sure.

We speak on Kik and she has WhatsApp, I thought they were good enough but she complains about those too... I have Hangouts, never actually used before.

 

[Rukbat]

Texting doesn't use data (notmal texting, like the Messeging app). ANY other method uses data, and about the same amount, 1 byte per character for the Latin alphabet (this one we're using now), 2 bytes per character for Unicode.

 

[jackjoe1234]

This was the app I was thinking of using.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e.../details?id=com.hushed.release&token=JAq4he30

Sucks cause I need to talk to this person regularly, but their data allowance is so low.