Switch SMS: Custom Chat Themes

Digital Upground

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About this app

Transform your SMS into a colorful, personalized messaging experience.

Switch SMS Messenger by Digital Upground is a modern alternative to your default SMS app. Enjoy reliable SMS and MMS, wrapped in beautiful themes and smart tools that make every conversation feel truly yours.

Customize every detail of your texting: from the overall app look, to how each individual chat appears. Choose from animated, parallax, and classic themes, edit chat bubbles and colors, change fonts and ringtones, and assign unique avatars for your contacts. Switch SMS Messenger makes it easy to create a messaging style that fits you.

⭐ Personalize every SMS conversation

Large theme collection: animated, parallax, and classic themes to style your entire SMS inbox.

Per-conversation themes: apply a different theme for each chat and match it to contacts or mood.

Custom chat bubbles & colors: fine‑tune how your messages look.

Fonts & ringtones: choose how text appears and how notifications sound.

Avatars for contacts: assign custom avatars and use included avatar packs.

Edit conversation appearance: rename contacts and adjust message previews in your inbox.

💬 Smarter SMS & richer messaging

Scheduled messages: write now, send later, and never miss important texts.

Quick reply & quick dial: reply directly from notifications or call back from the conversation.

Dual SIM support: manage SMS and MMS on devices with two SIM cards.

Pin important chats: keep favorite conversations at the top.

Message reminders: get notified about new messages with alerts or pop‑ups.

Group messaging: send SMS to multiple contacts at once.

Rich media support: send audio messages, photos, videos, your location, animated emoji, and stickers.

Built‑in stickers & WAStickers: express yourself with fun sticker packs.

Unique emojis: make your conversations more expressive and joyful.

🔒 Control, privacy & peace of mind

Secure SMS experience: keep your text conversations private on your device.

Blocked contacts: block unwanted messages and reduce spam.

Delete messages: clean up old or useless texts in seconds.

Mute conversations: silence notifications for specific threads whenever you need focus.

Add contacts from messages: save new numbers directly from received SMS.

Getting started is simple:
Download Switch SMS Messenger, set it as your default SMS app, and all your existing conversations will appear automatically. You are ready to enjoy a fresh, personalized texting experience.

Permissions notice:
Switch SMS Messenger uses SMS, Phone, and Contacts permissions only to provide core messaging features such as sending and receiving SMS/MMS, making calls from the app, and displaying your contacts. We do not collect or share your personal SMS content for advertising purposes.

Ratings and reviews

Installed on an LG V20. Lots of colorful themes available, but most of them are rather juvenile. I really like sliding individual messages to the left to reveal store/move/delete options for that message. You can change bubbles, but not individual send/receive - they change as a pair. Good selection of fonts and colors. Probably the most annoying thing is that half the typing field is taken up by a dopey face and "cute bunny" icon. If I could find a way to get rid of those, I would buy it.

Honestly, I really want to give this a good review. It's beautiful and mostly customizable (I would suggest the ability to change bubble color). That being said... I've noticed (after purchasing a lifetime access) that in group conversations, it is difficult to impossible who sent what incoming messages. It'll show a bubble with text with their name, but it's directly behind the incoming message or picture. The avatar for each message is a collage of all conversation members. Please fix this.

I love the look, but mms doesn't work. When ppl send group messages, I get everything individually, outside the group. People also can't send me pics in group messages. This really makes the app quite useless, so I'm going to have to change. Haven't heard back from support yet. I have a note 9, and the problem has been going on for months, although it recently got worse. I wish they'd fix it and also add a search feature; then the app would be perfect!

What’s new

What's new:
- Redesigned message effects — Hearts, Confetti, Fireworks, Sparkles, Celebration & Balloons each have unique animations now
- Faster app launch and smoother scrolling
- Google Drive backup fixed (was silently failing for some users)
- Larger MMS images with better compression
- Themable action chips (Save to calendar, Copy code, Translate)
- "Conversation Info" renamed to "Settings"
- Bug fixes and stability improvements