So time to try something new, but it has to be pretty special, right? Itโs here, itโs called Textra and itโs a seriously beautiful way to text.
Textra features the new Lollipop Material Design look from Google. Fluid, intuitive and delightful!
Description
Letโs face it, the stock Android Messaging app really sucks!
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Number 1 ranked SMS app
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Highest rated at 4.5 stars
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Smallest resource size at 3.5M
Comes with a bunch of great extra features like 800+ emojiโs, heaps of theme colors, dark mode, floating Lollipop notifications, scheduled SMS & MMS, slide to delete, quick snap camera, multi-pick gallery, quick reply popup, better MMS GROUP messaging, audio messages and SMS blocker / blacklisting.
Plus โoh so easyโ default or per contact customization for bubble colors, signatures and notifications (icon color, led color, sound, vibrate, privacy, repeating and muting).
Itโs pretty special; try it, tell your friends, shout from the treetops, but most of all enjoy it!
Simple. Beautiful. Fast.
P.S works with Pushbullet and Android Wear for SMS Quick Replying.
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Christian in December 2014
This app is smooth as butter. Itโs not bloated like Go SMS and Handcent. There are so many slick features, wow where do I startโฆ Great work! Itโs simply gorgeous looking, feels so NOW with the material design colors. I never review apps, but this one is amazing, no more to say! The best SMS messenger app by far.
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Dan in December 2014
The VERY best FREE messaging replacement for the stock app on the galaxy S4. SMS is fast, and group chat MMS works perfectly as well. I am on Sprint (which supports MMS over WiFi) and Textra is the ONLY third-party messaging app that works with MMS on WiFi!!!!!! Plus itโs FREE, no ads. BUT you MUST uninstall other SMS apps first, as they can interfere with Textra. After I did that it was PERFECT.
NICE! Now works on Lollipop โ no more hangouts for me!
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Chase in December 2014
Simple. Beautiful. Fast. Even the devโs know their app is just that good plus itโs free. Bar none, this is the best SMS/MMS replacement app Iโve ever used. As soon as I launched it the first time, I fell in love. Upon launch, Textra sets up all the technical stuff automatically in mere seconds. And boy, the speed doesnโt stop there. I have about 60,000 texts. With my stock app, Iโd have to sit there and wait forever for various hiccups and loading and blah blah blahโฆ Iโve tried every other SMS replacement app I could find. Textra is the only one that handles all of them without skipping a beat. It also lets you customize settings for each contact. Bubble color, icon color, notification sound, vibrate pattern, LED colorโฆ everything I want. And it just works. I donโt have to fight the app. Do yourself a favor and get Textra messenger now!
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Andrew in December 2014
Excellent free alternative to stock messaging. The program just works. You can set notifications, bubble colors and even delivery reports per contact. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Textra is a seriously beautiful, feature rich SMS and MMS replacement app.
WHATโS NEW
Added PURE BLACK theme option (+ bubble color option).
Added Textra Settings > Customize Notifications > During Phone Call options.
Added ability to send an โemptyโ message (some countries require this to top-up for example bus passes). Press space bar then press the send icon.
Textra now works with most in-car bluetooth message systems, so for example if your car reads your messages, Textra will now mark them as read and clear the notifications.
Bug fixes.
Screenshots
Downloads
Textra SMS v4.7 build 40791 [Pro] / Mirror
Older Version
Textra SMS v4.6 build 40691 [Pro] / Mirror
Textra SMS v4.6 build 40601 [Pro] / Mirror