As always we say Gmail is the only best solution when it comes to webmail. Now Gmail have a feature which allow to send sms from Gmail chat box. One can easily send text sms from its Gmail account by doing little settings in ‘lab’ option of setting menu in Gmail.
How to activate ‘Send SMS From Gmail’ feature in Gmail account?
This is a pretty easy task and anyone can set this feature on. To do this you need to login to Gmail account and once you log’s in you need to enable the sms chat function in setting of Gmail. To do so follow the given steps:-
1. Look for the ‘Gear’ icon in Gmail account which is located at right upper corner of Gmail.
2. Click on gear box and a drop down menu will open.
3. Find ‘Setting’ option in that drop down menus and select it.
4. Once you select the setting menu you will be directed to the ‘Setting’ tab where you can find different setting option for Gmail e.g. General, Labels, Account, Filters, Chat etc
5. Find out the ‘LAB’ option from setting tabs and open it.
6. Once you open the Lab menu in Gmail setting section; look for the ‘SMS (text messaging) in Chat’and ‘Enable’ it.
7.Once you Enable this function, don’t forget to save the changes you have made in Gmail account lab settings.
8. Now head on to your inbox and and find the friends from your chat menu. This can be found at left side of Gmail account below the title Chat and SMS
9. Now select the name of friend to whom you want to send the sms. As you hover the cursor over the name of friend a new window will be open and you can easily found ‘Send SMS’ option from that window. Now click on that send sms option and Gmail will ask you to enter the mobile number of your friend, after you enters the number you are free to send a text sms to your friend whenever you want.
Limitations of this system?
there is only limitation to this service is that you cant able send the sms on all networks that are possibly available on earth planet. To find out supported mobile networks click here .
There are chances that your friend might reply back to you but he will be charged for his text sms.
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