Textra SMS

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Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Textra is an alternative to your stock SMS/MMS app (that came preinstalled on your phone). So, whether you're looking for a faster experience, better customization options, more color or just a specific feature (like scheduling a text in the future) you've come to the right place.

Feature rich, notably 180+ material design theme, bubble & app icon colors. Light, dark, black, night & android screen modes, multiple bubble styles, scheduled (future) SMS & MMS, send delay, slide to delete, slide to call, quick snap camera, multi-select picture gallery, quick reply SMS popup, awesome MMS GROUP messaging, quick voice memos, endless GIFs, 21 text sizes, multiple font options, message blocker / blocklisting, pin-to-top, automatic video & picture compression, support for iOS reactions, iOS emojis & heaps more!

Customize your preferred theme & bubble colors, signatures and notifications (icon shape, sound, privacy, reminders, and muting) per conversation as well.

Get all the latest Android, Twitter, JoyPixels & iOS style emojis including diversity (skin tone). Just pick your preferred emoji style and express yourself!

NEW: Added support for Reactions (also known as Tapbacks) received from iOS Apple devices. So, for example instead of seeing an incoming message saying: Loved "See you at 9pm", you'll now see a love heart emoji superimposed on the message you sent. Just like on iOS devices, Facebook Messenger etc. You can also send reactions!

NEW: Copy Partial Text tap a bubble to check out this great new feature that allows you to copy any part of the text in a bubble!

It's pretty special; try it, tell your friends, shout from the treetops, but most of all enjoy it.

Fully compatible with Pushbullet, MightyText, Android Wear and Android Auto (car) for enhanced notifications and quick reply.

All Textra features are free forever. Occasionally you'll see an ad, or you can choose to make a once only in-app purchase to remove ads forever.

Support, Knowledge Base & Feedback @ https://textra.uservoice.com

Simple. Beautiful. Fast.

Ratings and reviews

I've been using the free version of Textra SMS for about a year. Seems to work well. Long messages and attachments all go without a hitch. The company is constantly updating and improving the app. It's good to see it's well maintained. I suspect that Textra app does more than I understand. I did well in selecting Text SMS for my phone. By the way, the ads are not intolerable. But I wonder how much better the paid version may be.

There are always Pros & Cons with just about everything in life. With this app, the Con is not being able to send videos or videos they deem too large. The app could offer a bit more personalization but it does offer the option for a wide variety of colors to change things up. A few other minor irritations, but again, there are always Pros and Cons.

Seamless and efficient app (almost always) and excellent customer service in the rare times when there's a problem. I've used Textra for years with no issues until the latest update (4/24/2024). Incoming text notifications no longer had sound. I tried rebooting my phone, clearing data, and finally reinstalling. Still no sound. Emailed Textra. "Jason" responded quickly (over a weekend) and helped until all was well again. In the end the solution that worked for me was a SECOND un/reinstall.

What's new

✔ Bug fixes.