Many people do still use SMS, however, not least to communicate with friends and family who may not have the same messaging apps installed or who are on a different mobile operating system.

Just leave a quick message and check back in a few minutes. Today, many people prefer texting over calling. Let’s look at the best texting and SMS apps for Android.

While your Android no doubt has a default SMS messaging app, you can download others if you have specific desires for your texting.

Plenty of customisation options await in this Android SMS app, with Hello SMS letting users choose if they want a standard notification or the entire screen to light up when messages arrive.

Many people are going beyond the instant messaging app bundled on your smartphone and installing custom solutions. One of the advantages of Android is the sheer amount of instant messaging apps ...

As the number one messaging app on Android, GO SMS Pro is way past the stage of infancy. In fact, you would have to look hard to find a more mature, polished, and reliable app in the Play Store.

Here are some of the best SMS apps for Android. All of these are available from the Google Play Store, in case you're interested.

A few days ago, a set of leaked images pointed to some pretty drastic changes to the Google Hangouts Android app, the biggest of which was that users would be able to send SMS messages without ...

Google Messages isn't the only Android texting app in town -- here are some excellent third-party alternatives.