The system used to work on my Nokia 8.3 in Australia, but it’s not working on my Vivo phone in my home country. Smart reply: Both show suggestions to reply, but Google Messages is unavailable everywhere (personal experience). Google Messages supports archiving the chat. Swipe options: Textra SMS offers to swipe a chat to call the recipient or delete it. In comparison, Google Messages copies the whole text.

For example: Liked “I’m coming.” Winner: Textra SMSĬopying text: Textra supports copying part of the text. IMessage reactions: Textra SMS supports message reactions from iOS devices, while the latter displays a message with the emoji’s name. In Google Messages, you have to close the bubble pop-up manually.

Winner: Tieīubbles: When you respond to a chat in the Textra SMS bubble, the bubble disappears. Search: Textra SMS automatically searches and displays results as you type, while Google Messages shows results when you press the enter button or tap on the search row. Google Messages shows the exact time in the chat info. Textra SMS also offers to show the exact time by swapping left in a conversation. Timestamps: Both show timestamps above the chat. Three text font options: Textra, Gilroy, and Systemįurthermore, each conversation comes with a customize option to customize that chat.Six emoji styles, including the latest Android, default, and iOS.Seven bubble styles to choose the default bubble style.Auto theme colors to let Textra SMS choose colors for your contacts.App icon colors to change the app icon color.Bubble colors to adjust the default chat bubble color.Theme colors to adjust the default app color.It offers a wide range of options to make the keyboard your own. Customization is where Textra SMS is the king.

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