Text messages are usually sent
from phone to phone, but there’s no reason why you can’t use your laptop or PC
when your battery is dead or your smartphone’s not to hand. Here’s how to send
text messages from a computer.
The ability to send a text message from a computer is something you
probably don’t think about until you need to do it. But it’s easy to set up
and, once you have, you’ll probably find you use it more often than you’d
think. Being able to text from a laptop might be more convenient if you’re
already using that device anyway.
Before we begin, consider
that you likely already have some options you can use. If you are a Facebook
user, you can send messages to any of your friends by
logging into Messenger.com.
If you use WhatsApp there’s WhatsApp Web.
If you’re an iPhone user who also has a Mac you can use the Messages
app on your Mac itself, or if you use a Windows PC iPadian might
be able to let you access iMessage.
Evidence uncovered by XDA
Developers suggests a similar computer-messaging feature for Android, dubbed
Android Messages, will be available in the near future.
Email to SMS gateways allow you
to send a text message through your regular email client, but in the UK they’re
primarily paid services used for bulk marketing messages. A better
alternative is to use a free app such as MightyText,
which can send texts messages from a PC to a phone.
§ Launch Google Play on your phone, then search for and
install MightyText
§ On your computer browser visit MightyText.net/install in your computer
browser
§ Scroll down to step 2 – Run on your computer (or
tablet)
§ Select your browser. We’re using Chrome.
§ Click the link to install the MightyText Chrome
extension
§ Click the link to launch the MightyText Web App
§ In future you can access the web app from the
MightyText icon in your browser bar
§ Click New Message, select a recipient, enter your
message and hit the Send icon
Note that the MightyText app
required for setup is available only on Android.
