How many people can be in a group text including both apple and android users?

If have people with both apple iPhones and non-apple phones how many can be in a group text?

Posted on Nov 20, 2023 12:21 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2023 12:28 PM

That depends on the carrier that provides the SMS/MMS messaging service. It is usually a small number, around 5 or so non-iPhones.


There are good reasons to NOT use group texting to non-iPhones, the most annoying being that once you create the group no one can join or leave it. You are much better off with 3rd party texting apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal, Telegram, Skype, or Google Meet. For really large groups a “listserv” service such as mailing list management site https://groups.io is a better choice. It is free for up to 100 users.

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Nov 20, 2023 12:28 PM in response to smgleb

That depends on the carrier that provides the SMS/MMS messaging service. It is usually a small number, around 5 or so non-iPhones.


There are good reasons to NOT use group texting to non-iPhones, the most annoying being that once you create the group no one can join or leave it. You are much better off with 3rd party texting apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal, Telegram, Skype, or Google Meet. For really large groups a “listserv” service such as mailing list management site https://groups.io is a better choice. It is free for up to 100 users.

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