Message+...i can text over all my devices and PC. And the multimedia integration, video calling, and other features are far superior to the standard messaging app. I never thought I'd be happy to have a Verizon app on my phone.
What texting app do you use?
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sweetypie31
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With apps like hangouts and whatsapp does the other person have to have the apps installed on their phone in order for me to send sms/mms messages to them?
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Not with hangouts. It can be configured to send/receive sms as well as hangout messages. I'm not sure about whatsapp, but I believe the other person must have it as well.
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Tried hangouts. Didn't like it. Guess I'll stick with gosms. Lol
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Check out mightytext. I wish Samsung would make an official app to do this.
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I guess I've gotten so used to using only gosms. There are certain things I look for when trying out new texting apps and if they don't have it I immediately go back to what I know. Textra was nice and fast, but I missed being able to customize and set themes. There was no way to customize anything in hangouts and it was a little slow.
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I also have tried a lot of the other texting apps and GoSMS Pro is the one that works best for me. Very customizable, handles MMS and Group chats well, nice pop-up notification (with options), and the Go marketers do not send any bloat or ads whatsoever (other then putting a notification in my Go inbox about once a month regarding new themes available).
Hover chat is awesome, with chat head features.
My Android line up: HTC One M7, Note 2, Moto G 4G, Oneplus One, Note 4.
My Android line up: HTC One M7, Note 2, Moto G 4G, Oneplus One, Note 4.
I used the stock Samsung SMS/MMS app. Works absolutely fine for me. Tried Google Messenger - horrible experience. Tried Hangouts - not the features I was looking for. Went back to stock. After reading through here yesterday, I decided I'd like to try Evolve. After the set-up blunders for MMS were figured out, I'd say it works fine. Although one question came up. When I send a photo I took in portrait mode through MMS, it sends it in landscape mode and when the recipient receives it again, it's in landscape mode. Odd.
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Finally, someone mentioned hover chat. By far my favorite. The chat heads are the least intrusive pop up out there.
Chomp SMS for me. Really like the ability to customize nearly every aspect of the app. Used the free version for a while until the ads got too annoying, so I splurged and spent like $4 for the full ad-free version.
I actually use the Google messenger app. Not Hangouts, but the actually Google messenger app. I don't need to much customization or fancy features, and it does the job for me, and I like it better than the stock app.
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Has Hangouts gotten better? I was using it but it started to mess up and lag a lot.
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