Transport & get text messages

For Vocalization for Google Workspace accounts managed by your work or school, text messaging is available but in the US.

You can send text messages using your Google Phonation number for free to U.S. and Canadian numbers (excluding U.S. territories American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands). Texts sent using Vocalization volition use Wi-Fi, or mobile data from your telephone'due south service plan if you lot're not connected to Wi-Fi. If you're exterior the U.Southward. and are not using Wi-Fi, your mobile phone visitor might charge you actress roaming fees to send a text.

Apply Voice messaging for 1:1 conversations​ but

Due to carrier limitations and to protect against spam, Google Voice messaging is intended only for one:1, personal conversations. It is non intended for bulk messaging, which can result in messages being flagged equally spam and blocked. If you have blocked letters, refer to the "Why can't I transport text messages?" section below.

If y'all're a teacher and need to transport bulk announcements or notifications, we recommend using e-mail, your schoolhouse's website, social media sites, or other apps for teacher communication.

If you haven't yet, download the Google Voice app on your Android device.

Ship a text message

Yous tin can employ the Google Voice app to send text messages to one or more telephone numbers.

If you ship a text longer than 160 characters to a non-Google Vocalization number, information technology's sent as multiple messages.

Note: Yous tin can't send texts to five- or six-digit "short code" numbers.

To include an epitome with your message, tap Select image "". If your image is bigger than 2 MB, information technology volition be sent every bit a smaller file. Only GIFs over two MB won't send.

Why can't I send text letters?

If you lot send many text letters in a brusk period, or recipients marker your messages as spam, Voice may temporarily restrict you from sending more messages.

Text messages that may be blocked

Due to carrier limitations and to protect against spam, Google Voice messaging is intended only for 1:1, personal conversations. Information technology is non intended for bulk messaging, which tin issue in messages being flagged equally spam and blocked. Text messaging behaviors that may be blocked include, only are not express to:

  • Sending the same text message to multiple recipients, especially when those messages practise not receive replies
  • Sending URL links
  • Sending large numbers of text messages in a short period of time

To learn more than, see the Voice Adequate Utilize Policy.

What happens when letters are blocked

There are 2 stages:

  1. Your Google Vox account may be temporarily blocked from calling or sending messages. If this happens, please wait 24 hours and endeavour again.
  2. If you repeat the same behavior, or if the initial beliefs requires immediate intervention, your account will be suspended. If y'all received a suspension notice via email or your Google Vox web page, then your access to Google Vocalism is now suspended.  Click Contact u.s.a. in the intermission notice to entreatment.

Price of text messages

For Vox for Google Workspace accounts managed past your work or school, text messaging is bachelor just in the Usa.

Messages you lot send to U.Southward. or Canadian numbers don't use Voice credit or your mobile phone plan's text messages.

Messages in the Voice app are sent with data, not with your text messaging plan. Standard information limits and rates apply, based on your program with your carrier.

Get a text message

You can get text messages from anywhere in the world.

  1. On your Android device, open the Vocalisation app "".
  2. Open up the tab for Messages Messages tab. Letters you lot haven't read still are in bold.

If you don't get a text you're expecting, check if it got marked every bit spam. At the top left, tap Menu Menu and then Spam.

Annotation: To get text messages from websites, like a bank or subscription service, y'all demand to use your mobile carrier number.

Stop getting 2 notifications for every text

You lot get new texts in your default text messaging app. If you lot have the Google Voice app installed, yous as well get text letters there.

To stop getting ii notifications, turn off Google Voice text forwarding. Then you'll only get texts in the Google Vocalisation app.

  1. On your Android device, open the Vocalism app "".
  2. At the tiptop left, tap Carte du jour Menu and then Settings.
  3. Tap Frontwards messages to linked numbers.
  4. Uncheck the box next to your device number.

Reply to a text message

  1. On your Android device, open the Vox app "".
  2. Open the tab for Messages Messages tab.
  3. Tap the text message you lot want to reply to.
  4. At the bottom, enter your message, and tap Transport Send.

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