Texting app

[I am Canadian]

I'd like to send txt msgs through wifi using an android phone. Which app would you recommend?

[maryjane48]

i don't use any of them but whatsapp seems popular

[skydawg]

The LINE app is decent also

[Bsuds]

I have been using TextNow on my computers and my Windows phone and it works well on both.
It's available for android as well.

[Sige]

text plus

[I am Canadian]

tx. do they allow us to choose a phone number as well?

[Sige]

That I don't know :S

[Tacklewasher]

whatsapp worked kinda like BBM, in that the other person had to have a whatsapp account as well. You couldn't just text to any phone number.

Stopped using it once it stopped being free.

[eMeM]

I use text plus. It's easy to earn credits to make phone calls in addition to the free texting.

[I am Canadian]

For the little use I make of an actual phone I use gmail on the computer, free calling across North America.

[Bsuds]

tx. do they allow us to choose a phone number as well?

With textnow you get a phone number assigned and it uses that. You can also make phone calls over WiFi as well but I have not done that. I just like the free texting from my computer.

[Omnitheo]

My friends and I all use Telegram. It's essentially the same as Whatsapp except it allows profile pics and gifs, and it's not owned by facebook.

We have some persistent group chats going too with about 20 of us.

[I am Canadian]

I tried the TextNow app, I can hear people well but everyone I spoke with said they could barely hear me and that I was cutting out. I also received a notification yesterday that I have to either make a phone call or text every 5 days or I'm losing the phone number they assigned me. It's crap, I uninstalled it and would not recommend it.

[Bsuds]

Interesting because I have been using it for a month or so and don't do a lot of texting with it. I have never received a message like that. Don't make calls with it so can't comment on that.

[I am Canadian]

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