Send free SMS through Google SMS Channels

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Last month, Google launched a mobile based service called “Google SMS channel”. Using Google SMS channel we can send SMS text messages to our friends for free. Moreover, we can get SMS alerts on your mobile for news, cricket scores, Jokes, Job alerts and lot more, all for no cost! It is a service that enables channels/groups on SMS. It’s a free service that enables you to get premium content published by Google publishing partners, Google popular products (Google News, Blogger and Google Groups) and websites with RSS/Atom support like this blog abhisays.com for free. SMS Channels allows you to create your own channel(s) to publish content that other users can subscribe to. You can also create groups over SMS to communicate with your friends, family, and co-workers. For example I have created a SMS group for abhisays through which you can receive my blog articles on your mobile.

Do you want to know the price of this service. Its completely free. You don’t need to pay anything to send or receive messages using Google SMS Channels. When you post a message to your channel, all the members of your channel get the message forwarded for free. SMS tariff charges may apply when you configure the service or publish to a channel using a mobile phone. You can use the service by going to the Google SMS Channels site or via your mobile phone. On the web you can sign up using your Google account. You’ll need to input your phone number while signing up. We’ll send a verification code via SMS to your phone. You’ll need to input the verification code you received to complete the sign up process. On SMS you can just send REGISTER to 9870807070 to sign up for the service. You will receive a reply “You’ve accepted the Terms of Service at http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/termsofuse. To subscribe, reply ON channel name. eg. ON abhisays.