Turn Group Messaging On Or Off; Change Default Messaging App; Control Notifications For Text Messages - Motorola moto g9 POWER User Manual

Apps : Text messaging

Turn group messaging on or off

Group messaging allows conversation participants to reply to all recipients in a single thread. If you do not
want multi-recipient SMS messages converted to MMS and want replies sent in separate threads only to you,
turn off group messaging.
This feature is not available in all countries.
To adjust the group messaging setting:
1.
In the Messages app, touch > Settings > Advanced.
2. Do one of the following:
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If you have a single SIM, touch Advanced.
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If your phone allows dual SIMs, touch the SIM you use for text messaging.
3. Touch Group messaging and select an option.

Change default messaging app

You can download additional messaging apps from Play Store. After you've installed one, you can make it
your default messaging app.
To select a different app to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages:
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications.
2. Touch Default apps > SMS app.
Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > SMS app.
3. Touch the app to use.

Control notifications for text messages

If you use the Messages app:
1.
Open the Messages app.
2.
Touch > Settings.
3. If you have dual SIMs, touch General.
4. Touch Notifications and turn notifications on or off, change the sound, and add or remove vibration.
If you use a different messaging app:
1. Touch & hold the app's icon.
2.
Touch App info > Notifications.
3. Make changes.
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