I have been looking into 3rd party text apps that I could use on my tablet. My tablet has no data plan but I often want to text with my mobile phone number from my tablet. I have been using
Viber for a few weeks and it works well for the most part but does have a few things that I find annoying. Mainly that everyone you text has to also have Viber installed and that it's a social app.
Viber - Texting, calling, photo messages and location-sharing with Viber users, anywhere!
* No registration, alias or invitations required
* Instantly integrates with your own contact list
* Best-quality mobile calls using 3G or Wi-Fi
* Calls use your data plan
* Works on multiple platforms from Windows, iOS to mobile
I just discovered
Mighty Text and have completely removed Viber from my devices and computer. Mighty Text is what I was looking for to begin with. A texting app, not a social app, that I can use with my tablet from my mobile phone number. It even has browser texting in the form of
web text. The only limitation is you need to install the app on your mobile phone for the others (web text, tablet text) to work because Mighty Text needs access to your contacts in your Google profile.
Mighty Text - Text From Any Device
Send & receive SMS and MMS from your computer or tablet, using your current Android phone number. Messages stay in sync with your phone's SMS inbox.
* PowerView - Built for the text-obsessed. Carry on multiple conversations simultaneously in the web app and the tablet app.
* Text Directly From Gmail - SMS directly from Gmail on your computer. Just like a Google chat/hangout window.
* Phone Battery Alerts - Wherever your phone is, know exactly how much battery life it has left from your Web App or tablet app.
* Edit Photos With Filters - Edit photos directly from the web app by adding Instagram-like filters, frames, stickers, doodle & more.
* Call Notifications - Get notified on your computer or tablet when someone calls your Android phone.
* Safe & Secure - Get peace of mind knowing that all your information is safe and secure.
* Texts use your data plan
There are separate apps for phones and tablets.
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