The problem is that Enter is locked to send texts with Shift+Enter creating new lines.
YP is a bit slow to update and occasionally requires restarting the app, but it works and I use it for my personal phone. Download the Your Phone app on your phone, go through some setup, and it’s good to go. When Enter is set to send texts, Shift+Enter creates a new lineĪfter Cortana’s (broken) texting feature was scrapped, Microsoft introduced the Your Phone app built into the latest version of Windows 10. The Enter key can either send texts or add a new line, but if Enter to send is turned off, you must manually click to send. It boasts the most message-related features including 100 GB of MMS storage and <2 business hour support response time. The free version of MightyText has a limit of 150 messages per month and is pretty barebones (practically unusable) until you pay $6.67 per month for the Pro version. Because Enter is locked, I was unable to use it for my company phone MightyText
Note that the Enter key is locked to send text. The free version is full-featured and Pro is $40 a year. Pushbullet is perhaps the most similar to Android Messages in terms of UI and features but also allows you to easily switch between different phones, manage files, and mirror any notifications to the computer. Note that these services will request access to your contacts, messages, files and more, which could be a security risk Pushbullet
This is useful if you love the features of an app like Textra and don’t want to give them up. The main difference between the other services and Android Messages is that the others don’t lock you to a specific texting app. Unfortunately, it’s unusable at the moment for my company phoneīefore discussing more, let’s look at a few alternatives. The good news is that it couldn’t be easier to set up, has a nice UI including a built-in dark theme, and supports RCS as well as a (nearly) perfect assortment of shortcuts. Google recently launched, allowing users with Android Messages set as the default texting app to send texts from their web browser.