Is group chat the same as group text?

As opposed to popular belief: Group text is not the same as group chat. Group chat is more defined towards the use of an internet connection, while group messaging is more through cellular services.

What is the difference between group text and mass text?

The main difference between Mass and Group texts is whether or not the participants can view all the replies. Also, mass texts are sent as SMS while Group texts are generally sent as MMS messages.

What does group texting mean?

Group Messaging is characterized by an SMS conversation among 3 or more recipients at the same time. This is a many-to-many exchange of messages. Group messaging is typically sent as MMS messages.

What is difference between MMS and group messaging?

MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages can include unlimited text plus a photo, picture slideshow, video or sound file. You can send one MMS message to multiple people using group messaging, containing text only or text and media, and replies are delivered in group conversation threads to each person in the group.

What is group messaging on iPhone?

Having a group messaging conversation on the iPhone is a helpful way to contact multiple people at once and to have all contacts see all replies in a group text. You can create a group messaging conversation by turning on Group Messaging in your settings and then entering all contacts into your your text.

What is group messages on iPhone?

How do I know if its a group text?

Press and hold the text message you received. A menu will come up with view details at the bottom of the list. Press on view details, it will show you everything about the text. Only way I found is by holding down on message and clicking DETAILS then it shows the list of people message went to.

Why are group messages sent as MMS?

This likely only happens when you send a particularly long group text message. The default Messaging application in the Android OS supports sending group SMS messages to a maximum of ten contacts. Any message over the maximum size (sometimes 160 characters) will automatically be sent as an MMS.

What happens when group messaging is off?

to turn on or off. Group messages sent as MMS use data. When turned on: messages sent to multiple recipients are are converted to MMS messages.

How do you respond to a group text?

If there is an icon with multiple gray heads in the corner of the screen (Android) or if the message lists multiple contacts, it is a group text. When responding to a group text, hold your thumb down on the text and select the “respond to sender only” option.