These are the best text messaging apps for Android. Text apps that are faster and have more features and emojis than your default messenger.

The Best SMS Text Messaging Apps for Android Support for the protocol is limited now—but you can still find it. Illustration: akinbostanci/Getty Images ...

The SMS app that comes with your Android phone will serve you just fine to send text and photo messages to your contacts, but many can't do much more than that. Luckily, Google Play is ripe with ...

It updates the basic text messaging app that comes pre-installed on almost every Android smartphone, and is part of Google’s strategy to uncouple its apps from its Android operating system.

Telegram is another Android Messaging application that has been around for some time. The app actually bills itself as one of the fastest messaging apps on the Play Store right now. It’s ...

On Android, blue dots or chat icons show that RCS is enabled, giving you advanced texting features missing from traditional ...

Google Messages isn't the only Android texting app in town -- here are some excellent third-party alternatives.

A9: BCC group text messaging apps on Android work by utilizing their own infrastructure to send messages. They provide a layer of privacy by masking recipients’ contact information from each other.

It replaces your native text messaging app with a beautiful Material Design solution. It has your standard features–the ability to send photos, video, audio messages, and search past conversations.