Why do group text from certain users come as direct messages?

[Johny628]

Hi, my eyes were finally opened and I switched from an Iphone to a Moto X and I loved it and the features it comes with. One problem I have come across is a group chat we had pre-existing with some friends. I get the messages as a MMS from most of them but when two of them (both the only Verizon users) send a text I get it as a direct message. When I reply in the group chat it comes to everyone as a group message. I've only had the phone for 2 days and i'm learning new things on it still but I just want to be able to fix that problem because we are constantly texting. Any help to a new user would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rukbat]

Some texting apps allow you to choose whether a group text is sent as individual texts, or as an MMS and individual links. It's at the sender's end. (The iMessage app in an iPhone is kind of faking the ability to handle SMS - iMessages aren't SMS messages, they're a proprietary thing that Apple won't allow anyone else to use.)