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Send SMS from Windows 10, Windows 8 with Mysms (Free)
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Sending an SMS from your Windows 8, Windows 10 tablet or laptop couldn’t be any easier with the MySMSappfor Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows RTText messages are one of our favorite methods of interacting: they are simple, easy to type and cheap. However, sometimes you don’t have yourphoneat hand or you just don’t have time to type on the little keyboard, and so, a method of sending an SMS text from your computer to another person via yourphonehad to be found.
mysmsis a service used by thousands of users and it has proven its worth time and time again.Windows 8, Windows 10 users will be thrilled to know that mysms has released theirofficial Windows 8, Windows 10 app, which can be downloaded from theWindows Store. Today, I’ll be taking a look at theappand we’ll see if lives up to the mysms name.
mysms App for Windows 10, Windows 8
mysms for Windows 10, Windows 8 comes as a paidapp, for which users must part ways with $4.49, but there is also a trial version, especially designed for those who want to get a sense of theappwill do for them. Also, for thisappto work, you will need to have it installed on yoursmartphoneas well, as it is not a stand-aloneappand it will send and receive text messages via yoursmartphone.
Once you’ve installed theapp, the first time you open it, it will prompt you for authentication. Here, you will have to input your country code, mobilephonenumber (the number of thephoneyou have theappinstalled on) and the password to your mysms account. If you don’t have a mysms account, you won’t be able to use the Windows 8, Windows 10 app. I’ll show you how to set up the service in a few simple steps.
Setting up mysms for Windows 10, Windows 8
Before you install the Windows 8, Windows 10 app, know that it requires asmartphonewith an activephonenumber, from which you will send messages, and on which you will receive messages. Also, you will need to install on thatsmartphone, the mysms dedicated app. In order to do this, follow these guidelines:
After you’ve set up the service, give it some time to sync all the messages. In my case, it took over 30 minutes to finish the process, but this time depends on how many messages you have on your device (in my case, close 5000). If you don’t have too many text messages on yoursmartphone, the sync process will finish much quicker.
Theappitself is has a very simple interface, similar to other PC-to-Smartphonemessengers. On the left side of the screen, you will a list of recipients, while the main part of the screen is taken by the conversation. This makes it very easy to read your conversations. On the bottom of the screen, you have your text box, where you can type your message, as well as a attachment button, from where you can insert pictures to messages in order to send multimedia messages.
If you want to see a list of all your contacts, you have to click the button at the top left corner, next to the “+” button (which is for creating a new message). This will forward you to a page that contains all your contacts. As you can see, theapp‘s UI is very simple and clean looking. This makes it very easy to create and read messages. The simplicity of theappis one of its best features.
If you were wondering how much it costs to use theapp, know that you will still be regulated by your carrier, so the same rates will apply. However, if you want to send free SMS messages, you can do this if the recipient is also a user of mysms. This is also true for group messages, which mysms for Windows 8, Windows 10 also supports.
Keeping your contacts and messages safe at all times is also a reason why one would want to use mysms. All your messages are automatically synced to the mysms server, where they can be kept safe and you will never lose them. The sync is automatically done across all platforms, if you use it on other devices as well, so no matter where you send your message from, it will always be backed up instantly.
After trying out theapp, I was very pleased with the result. The thing that I liked more than all is the cross-platform compatibility, allowing me to use the service from my Windows 8, Windows 10 laptop, my Windows 7 computer as well as from my Android smartphone. The fact that users can benefit from the services provided by Mysms from different devices running on different platforms is a feature that few others support.
Downloadmysms for Windows 10, Windows 8
Other ways to send SMS from your Windows PC
You can choose to use another method to send SMS from your PC, and you can do that directly with your Windows 10 OS. All you have to do is to set up Cortana correctly and you are ready to go.
The only problem might occur is that this feature works with Windows 10 mobile devices only, but Microsoft is working hard in order to make this feature available for Android devices as well. If you want to start sending SMS from your Windows 10 PC, you can find afull guide here.
READ ALSO: Skype for Windows 10 brings SMS support and a new group video call interface
Milan Stanojevic
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
