Any replacement for Verizon's dumped text messaging app? I don't want google.

[93RC]

I have a motorola_moto_g_power_(2021) bought from a verizon store. The app that came with it was called Message Plus. It was shut down 12/9/24. I can no longer group text. I do not want to replace it with the google message app. Is there any other choice out there for me? Thank you very much for reading.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

I have a motorola_moto_g_power_(2021) bought from a verizon store. The app that came with it was called Message Plus. It was shut down 12/9/24. I can no longer group text. I do not want to replace it with the google message app. Is there any other choice out there for me? Thank you very much for reading.

If you want RCS? Not really. BeeperLite but still uses Google to achieve RCS. Basic text messaging, 100's of options and probably 50 threads on here.

 

[B. Diddy]

If you don't care about RCS, then Textra has always been a popular 3rd party SMS app around here.

 

[93RC]

thank you so much, do both of these have advertisements?

 

[B. Diddy]

For the free version, probably. Keep in mind that developers need to make money somehow, and ads are the usual way, unless you agree to pay for a premium version.

 

[93RC]

Do you have to load RCS first to use beeper or textra? From what I have read it adds to it? I don't understand.

 

[B. Diddy]

I don't know about Beeper, but Textra doesn't support RCS. A texting app has to support RCS in order to use it -- at this time, that would only be Google Messages or Samsung Messages.

 

[rvbfan]

According beepers own blog it kinda sorta supports RCS. Only thing is, you have to have Google messages installed and running.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://blog.beeper.com/2023/10/18/out-of-labs-and-ready-to-roll-google/&ved=2ahUKEwiCvZ_d_fONAxVEGTQIHUMkCdYQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0OWx-u0z-PX0UqNGCRufQI

 

[93RC]

Is Textra still the best replacement out there in your guys opinion? Does google have to be up and running anyway?

 

[mustang7757]

Is Textra still the best replacement out there in your guys opinion? Does google have to be up and running anyway?

I would least find a back up solution if Textra doesn't have by default but no you don't need Google messages running but I prefer in my opinion over any of the others out there.