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- A Chat window appears. Just type your message as you would normally. When you hit Enter, the message will be sent to the phone number you entered.
- Click Save.
- Enter your contact’s name in the ‘Search or invite friends’ box in Chat, and selectSend SMS from the box of options that appears to the right of your contact’s name. Or, if you already have a Chat window open for this contact, just click Options, and select Send SMS.
- In the dialog box, enter a phone number in the ‘Send SMS messages to this number’ field. This feature is only launched in selected countries. To see the list of supported countries and operators, Click here. If you are not located in one of these countries you can still use it, but you won't see the SMS option in Chat until you enable it manually in the Chat settings page.
The good thing is, Google does not charge for using this service. However, mobile providers' standard charges will apply to any SMS messages sent from a mobile device to Google Chat. Please check your mobile provider's price plan for details.
Google gives you an SMS Credit of 50 units. SMS credit is an allocation of SMS (text messages) that you're able to send to a mobile phone:
- Initially, you're granted a credit of fifty messages.
- Every time you send a message, your credit decreases by one.
- Every time you receive an SMS message in Chat (for example when a phone user replies to one of your messages) your credit increases by five, up to a maximum of 50.
