Send & get text letters

For Voice for Google Workspace accounts managed by your piece of work or school, text messaging is available only in the The states.

You can send text messages using your Google Vox number for gratis to U.S. and Canadian numbers (excluding U.S. territories American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.Due south. Virgin Islands). Texts sent using Voice will use Wi-Fi, or mobile data from your phone's service programme if you're not continued to Wi-Fi. If you're outside the U.S. and are not using Wi-Fi, your mobile phone company might charge you actress roaming fees to send a text.

Use Vocalism messaging for ane:1 conversations​ only

Due to carrier limitations and to protect against spam, Google Voice messaging is intended only for ane:1, personal conversations. Information technology is not intended for bulk messaging, which can outcome in messages being flagged every bit spam and blocked. If you have blocked messages, refer to the "Why can't I send text messages?" department beneath.

If you're a instructor and need to send majority announcements or notifications, we recommend using email, your schoolhouse'southward website, social media sites, or other apps for teacher communication.

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

Send a text message

You tin use the Google Vocalism app to send text messages to one or more phone numbers.

If you send a text longer than 160 characters to a non-Google Phonation number, it's sent as multiple messages.

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

To include an prototype with your message, tap Select prototype "". If your prototype is bigger than 2 MB, it will be sent as a smaller file. Just GIFs over 2 MB won't send.

Why can't I send text messages?

If you transport many text messages in a short period, or recipients mark your messages equally spam, Vocalization may temporarily restrict y'all from sending more messages.

Text messages that may be blocked

Due to carrier limitations and to protect against spam, Google Phonation messaging is intended only for 1:1, personal conversations. Information technology is not intended for majority messaging, which can result in letters being flagged as spam and blocked. Text messaging behaviors that may be blocked include, only are not limited to:

  • Sending the aforementioned text bulletin to multiple recipients, especially when those letters do not receive replies
  • Sending URL links
  • Sending large numbers of text messages in a curt period of fourth dimension

To acquire more, see the Vocalism Acceptable Employ Policy.

What happens when letters are blocked

There are ii stages:

  1. Your Google Phonation account may be temporarily blocked from calling or sending letters. If this happens, please wait 24 hours and try again.
  2. If y'all echo the same behavior, or if the initial behavior requires firsthand intervention, your account will be suspended. If you received a suspension discover via electronic mail or your Google Phonation web page, and then your access to Google Voice is now suspended.  Click Contact us in the intermission notice to appeal.

Cost of text letters

For Voice for Google Workspace accounts managed past your work or schoolhouse, text messaging is bachelor only in the US.

Messages yous send to U.Due south. or Canadian numbers don't utilise Voice credit or your mobile telephone programme's text letters.

Messages in the Vox app are sent with data, non with your text messaging program. Standard data limits and rates apply, based on your plan with your carrier.

Get a text message

You can become text messages from anywhere in the earth.

  1. On your Android device, open the Vocalization app "".
  2. Open the tab for Messages Messages tab. Messages yous oasis't read yet are in bold.

If you don't get a text you lot're expecting, bank check if it got marked as spam. At the peak left, tap Carte Menu and then Spam.

Notation: To get text messages from websites, like a bank or subscription service, you need to use your mobile carrier number.

Cease getting 2 notifications for every text

You become new texts in your default text messaging app. If y'all accept the Google Vocalism app installed, yous also get text messages there.

To stop getting 2 notifications, turn off Google Phonation text forwarding. Then you'll only get texts in the Google Voice app.

  1. On your Android device, open the Voice app "".
  2. At the top left, tap Carte Menu and then Settings.
  3. Tap Forward messages to linked numbers.
  4. Uncheck the box next to your device number.

Reply to a text message

  1. On your Android device, open up the Phonation app "".
  2. Open the tab for Messages Messages tab.
  3. Tap the text message yous want to respond to.
  4. At the bottom, enter your message, and tap Send Send.

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