Google SMS Channels: Send SMS Text Messages to your Group for Free

[ThinkFree]

Google India has just introduced a new product called Google SMS Channels that lets you subscribe to news alerts, blog updates and other kinds of information like horoscopes, jokes, stocks or even cricket scores via SMS text messages.

If you are based in India and like to subscribe to this site on your mobile phone via SMS, please join the Digital Inspiration SMS channel on Google. Thanks Amit Somani.

Google SMS Channels, which seems to have lot in common with SMS Gupshup, is free both for content publishers as well as mobile phone users who subscribe to text updates via SMS.

Families or friends can create private SMS groups on Google SMS channels and stay in touch via SMS without paying any fees to their mobile carrier. ................................

http://www.labnol.org/internet/googl...-via-sms/4726/

[apoorva84]

just setup my account by giving my mobile number..subscribed to some channels..

[victor_rambo]

We use www.smsgupshup.com for teh same purpose. All students of out batch are subscribed to the group. All updates regarding exams, postings, journal submissions, time table are sent to all via SMS for free

[red_devil]

sounds nice...will set up an account there...

EDIT :

err...if you can create channels, how about creating a DIGIT channel and all of us subscribing to it ??

<similar to what Rohan Shenoy said wrt smsgupshup>

[victor_rambo]

^sounds like a good idea but i doubt if one would like to be bugged every other minute. To make it worse, there are so many off-topic replies.

[ThinkFree]

^^You can limit the number of total sms you receive per day.

[ax3]

cool service .......

[Cool Joe]

This is cool!! Thanks for the info.

[ThinkFree]

Has anyone started using this service? I have, but having some trouble. Each alert/update sms is being sent to me twice.

[Cool Joe]

I've started using the service. I'm yet to receive my first SMS though.

[ThinkFree]

^^Got the verification code?For that too, I got 2 sms.

[Garbage]

I've subscribed... Me too waiting for first SMS.

[ThinkFree]

^^I got mine within 5 seconds .

[Garbage]

I just got too..

[trigger]

registered.. getting 2 copies..

[Cool Joe]

I got my verification code instantly within a few seconds of clicking on the link. I've no problems though.

[iChaitanya]

There's competition for smsgupshup!

[red_devil]

guys who've already subscribed to the service...please share the channels you've subscribed to ...

heres my list :-

TheHinduBreakingNews

GoogleNewsBangalore

will add to these later

[Cool Joe]

I've received my first SMS. I've confirmed, I've no problems. I'm subscribed to-

Google Technology News
Poor Joke of the day
Wisdom Quotes
I don't remember the exact name of this channel but it's football news

[kapsicum]

hey thanks a lot ...

[skippednote]

Will register as well...

[ThinkFree]

Getting each update for Labnol/Techblog twice, but haven't received even one for other channels that I subscribed(News from Delhi, daily quotes etc)

[red_devil]

Okk...i've subscribed to a few more channels...

wisdom quotes,
poor joke of the day
EPLScoreUpdate
Simply F1

and

K2SMSBANK <---> this thing has been flooding with msgs...so those of you who want to chk out if everything is working well should subscribe to it...i've got approx 10 msgs since yesterday

[ThinkFree]

^^But I have limited max sms per day to 10

[red_devil]

^^ change the limit {if it doesn't disturb u } and once you're sure you are getting updates as and when they are posted, un-subscribe from the channel.

[ThinkFree]

^^What disturbs me is getting the exact copy of the message I have already received 5-6minutes ago.
The service seems to be in testing phase at present, and is not working absolutely fine.

[red_devil]

^^ seems strange. I've never got any duplicate message from the time i signed up !!

[Ramakrishnan]

I am yet to receive any message after my instantaneous join. Hope for the best. Highly fascinating.

[Jayanth.M.P]

I subscribed to this service and man do they keep sending messages,..........it keeps coming........people i am going to lose half my battery on the SMS alert tone. lol.

[Zangetsu]

Me 2 subscribed....now msgs will come as spams...hahaha