Again
another useful and free service from Google. It’s available in Gmail for some
time now, however I discovered it just now. The message sending feature of
Gmail(Gmail SMS) is quite useful service that you can use.
There are
many websites which provides free SMS sending feature, however as we use Google
and Gmail normally in our daily life, so why to open a new website, if the same
can be done through Gmail.
Steps to enable the app:
To send the
SMS from Gmail the “SMS (text messaging) in Chat” application has to be enabled
in your Google labs.
To do that:
1. Login to Gmail,
click on Gear icon-. Settings.
2. Go to labs
and search for SMS, you can see the app as shown below. If you cannot see the
app search for “SMS (text messaging) in Chat”.
3.Enable it,
if it is disabled.
Now you are
ready to send SMS to anybody.
According
to Google, the service is supported by all operators in India and the US, but
not by all operators in other countries.
For now the
service is available in in Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Benin, Egypt, India, USA and many other countries are listed here.
Steps to send Message:
1. Log into your Gmail account.
Choose any person name from chat names. Click on send SMS.
2. Enter the mobile number of
the person.
3. Write down your message and hit enter. The person will get your message.
NOTE:
“After
your first MSG”----The recipient may receive the message like: yourid@gmail.com
initiated a chat with you. You may reply to this message like a regular SMS or
send HELP for more info
If your contact
replies, the text message response will appear as a reply in Chat. These
conversations are stored in your Chat history just like regular chats. Learn
more about Gmail SMS.
Sending and receiving a message from Gmail to any phone is free. When replying with an SMS from phone to Gmail, you will be charged a regular SMS rate by your mobile provider.
Sending and receiving a message from Gmail to any phone is free. When replying with an SMS from phone to Gmail, you will be charged a regular SMS rate by your mobile provider.
Credits Rules:
All users get 50 credits every day. If the user receives a reply, five credits are credited to the user’s account, but the total number of credits will not exceed 50.
If you run out of credits, you will get a fresh set of 50 credits the next day.
All users get 50 credits every day. If the user receives a reply, five credits are credited to the user’s account, but the total number of credits will not exceed 50.
If you run out of credits, you will get a fresh set of 50 credits the next day.
Keep in mind that if you'd like a higher message credit, you can always send an SMS to your own phone, and then reply to that message multiple times. Effectively, you're buying more messages by paying your phone company for these outgoing messages.
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Gmail is a nice option but http://smssheep.com is a much better option !
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