SMS Channels
Send free SMS text messages to groups or receive messages from groups
SMS channels is part of Google’s SMS applications.
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”