Best Ways to Send Group Messages with Android or iPhone

Group Messaging on iPhone

Group texting with iphone is pretty much easy and here's how to do it-

Step 1: First of all, open Message and then tap on Compose New Message Icon.

Step 2: Now type the phone numbers or the email-id of the people to whom you want this message to be sent.

Step 3: Now, type the message that you want to sent and just tap on send.

That's all you need to do and the group message has been sent!

Now, when someone will reply to this message, you will not get any individual message but the reply will be shown in this thread.

Another most trending and efficient way to send group messages on iphone is to use icloud-

Step 1: You will need to log on into www.icloud.com with the help of your Apple ID.

Step 2: Now just click on the Contacts icon, then click the + icon which will be at the bottom. Now, a menu will pop up and from there, select New Group.

Step 3: Enter a name for this new group and then tap outside this box and the name will be saved!

Step 4: Now you need to enter contacts in this new group and for that, click on All Contacts group and search for the first person whom you wish to add or use search bar to do this.

Step 5: Now, drag their name over the new group and just drop it over there and this contact will be added to the group.

Step 6: You can add more contacts by repeating the above step. You can add names to more than 1 group and yes, you can make as many groups as you want.

Step 7: Now launch the contact app on the iphone and when you tap on groups, you will find the new group over there.

Group Messaging on Android

Now, let's take a look on how we can send group messages from Android Phones.

Step 1: You'll start by making a default group to send messages. Just go to the home screen and then tap on Contacts icon.

Step 2: Now at the top of the screen, click on the Groups icon. All phones will be different here. You may have to tap on Add Groups icon or tap on Menu button to locate Groups option.

Step 3: Here, type a group name and even remember this name for later use and then, tap on the Save icon and it's done!

Step 4: Now, to add contacts to this group, you may tap on the group that you created and over there, you can select the Add Contact option. You will get list of your contacts and then, you can choose the all the people that you wish to add.

Step 5: Your group has been created now and now you can send group messages. Go to home screen and tap on the Message app. Tap on the recipient field and select the Contact icon which will show all your contacts and from here, just select the group to send the message. Now, tap on Done icon and now you can start writing the message and then you can sent the message to that group.

Now you can start sending group messages!

Third-party Group Messaging Apps

There are a lot of third party apps as well which enable you to send group messages on your Android/ iphone. Some of the most commonly used and efficient apps are-

1. BBM

Pros:

Threaded text messaging

Group chat

Custom avatars

Set status

Emoticons/Smileys

Take a picture of your friend's bar code to instantly add them to BBM

New interface design

Ability to backup contacts list remotely or locally

Cons:

Voice Notes sometimes fail to send, if not, very slow transfer rate

Pictures sometimes fail to send, if not, very slow transfer rate

Pictures must be saved to your Device Memory or Media card first before viewing

Status updates is limited to two lines.

2. Google+ Hangouts

With this app, you can send messages, emojis, and map locations to friends at once. This app also enables you to make a phone call and turn it to live video call with multiple people, about up to 10 people.

Pros:

Cross-Platform Messaging App

Synced Conversations

Cons:

Google+ Account is required

No Read receipts

Inability to set status

3. WeChat

WeChat is another great app that enables you to send group messages both text and voice messages and with this app, you can even find new friends nearby!

Pros:

Flawless voice messaging

Audio messages/ Video and voice calls

Live chat option makes conversations come alive with multiple people voice chatting together.

Facilities like Group Chat, emoticons, stickers, sending pictures e.t.c.

Cons:

No status of "Online" or "Offline". Hard to make out if a user is active or he has deleted the app from his/her phone.

Mostly Chinese users, so yes, the language barrier.