Google Mobile

SMS Channels

Send free SMS text messages to groups or receive messages from groups

How to send SMS messages to groups

From the web

  • Visit labs.google.co.in/smschannels, sign in, register your phone number and create your channel
  • Customize your channel and invite people to receive your messages
  • Post messages to your subscribers

From your phone

  • Send the following SMS text messages to the SMS Channels number 9870807070
  • Signup for SMS Channels by sending “register
  • Create a new channel by sending “create channelname description”
  • Send invitations to the people that you want to receive your messages with “invite channelname phonenumber”
  • Post new messages to your subcribers with “send channelname message”

How to receive messages from groups

From the web

  • Visit labs.google.co.in/smschannels and sign in to register your phone number
  • Browse through the channels and click “Subscribe” to start receiving messages from a channel
  • When the channel gets a new message, you will receive the message as an SMS text message on your phone
  • You can stop receiving messages from a channel by clicking “Unsubscribe

From your phone

  • Send the following SMS text messages to the SMS Channels number 9870807070
  • Signup for SMS Channels by sending “register
  • Search for channels with “search searchquery”
  • Start receiving messages from a channel by sending “'on channelname”
  • You can stop receiving messages from a channel with “off channelname”

Learn more about SMS Channels features.