Message

A texting app that runs on standard SMS

Message is an Android app from Coolie Hat that handles SMS and MMS. The developer presents it as a replacement for the messaging app already on the phone, aimed at people who mainly text family and friends.

Messages are sent over the standard SMS network rather than through an internet chat service. Plain SMS covers text-only messages, and MMS covers messages with media attached.

Sending photos, videos and audio in MMS

MMS support lets a user attach photos, videos and audio files to a message. The listing says these are easy to share from the app.

Media messages sit alongside ordinary text threads, so a conversation can mix both. The listing gives no file size limits or format list beyond the three media types.

Group chats and texting iPhone users

Group chat lets one message go to several contacts in a shared conversation. The developer describes the group messaging as reliable.

The listing says texts to iPhone users arrive without missing messages, and that messages reach contacts who use iMessage. Both are carried over SMS.

Using SMS as an alternative to RCS chat

The developer positions Message as an alternative to RCS chat systems and as a fallback for them. Because messages travel over standard SMS, the listing says they keep going through when an RCS chat is not available.

This makes it a fit for anyone who wants texting that does not depend on a chat service running on both ends.

Devices the listing names

The listing says the app works on any Android device and singles out Samsung Galaxy owners who want a lighter texting app. It is also offered to people who text iPhone users.