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Google Voice..popup SMS?

hello all. Quick question. Is there a way to make messages from google voice pop up like my regular messages do? I use handcent SMS and used SMS popup before that...
thanks all,
Mike

Open Google Voice, hit Menu > Settings then check Notifications via Text Message. This will send the notification as a text and Handcent will then just bring up it's normal popup. Otherwise Voice doesn't have its own popup capabilities.

got it thank you!

Hangouts

Can moto x do anything with hangouts ie read incoming messages or send them?

Good question. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 & once I started using hangouts, I lost the ability of Drive Mode to read incoming text messages. On my device, text message reading only works with default text message app.
What is the default text message for the Moto X? Hangouts? One would think Hangouts would be the default like a Nexus device.

sailindawg said:
Good question. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 & once I started using hangouts, I lost the ability of Drive Mode to read incoming text messages. On my device, text message reading only works with default text message app.
What is the default text message for the Moto X? Hangouts? One would think Hangouts would be the default like a Nexus device.
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It can read SMS coming to hangouts, but not Hangouts messages.

So, one needs to use their default message app, correct?

sailindawg said:
So, one needs to use their default message app, correct?
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If you have Hangouts set as your SMS and it will read you your SMS and use Hangouts to send your SMS. but it will not read if a person sends you a Hangouts message.

Thanks, I was being a bit dense.

[Q] no information on text messages, only option is "show on device"

I just got my g watch r. I really like it but it does not show any texts when I get them, just that I have a message waiting. Emails show up and I can read them, but not texts. Am I doing something wrong or does this watch simply not display texts???

the way text messages are displayed totally depends on the app you are using
I switched to evolvesms when getting my watch as it displays the whole text even for long messages, shows high quality contact pics and lets you define you own canned responses

If using the stock Samsung sms app, you need to make sure the option to display texts on the lockscreen is turned on.
drmrw said:
I just got my g watch r. I really like it but it does not show any texts when I get them, just that I have a message waiting. Emails show up and I can read them, but not texts. Am I doing something wrong or does this watch simply not display texts???
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thanks guys, I switched to google hangouts as my default text messaging app and it worked just fine. I was worried there for a moment!

Verizon Message+

Is there a way to have my phone to turn on temporarily when receiving messages using Verizon's Message+. I really like Verizon messaging app because it syncs between all my devices.

I use AcDisplay

On mine, if I turn on Enable Popup and Enable Popup Over Lock Screen in the Message+ settings menu, my phone turns on when I get an SMS message.

I'm an idiot....

Emergency alerts (Android 10) in other SMS apps

Hi,
is there any way to receive emergency alert messages in other apps and not in the default Messages?
I asked Textra about it and the answer was:
If the amber alert / emergency alert comes in as a SMS it will show up in Textra, if it comes in as a push notification it will only show up on your pre-installed messaging app out of the box, poor practice we know, but this is their way of trying to lock you in.
This is the same for all other messaging apps.
I hope this clarifies.
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The problem is that when an alert comes (and since I have Textra as default sms app) instead of viewing the alert I get a popup to choose another messaging app!
Does this happen to anyone else? Any ideas?