The standard Android and iOS messaging apps—you know, the app you use for trading all those text messages, photos and videos—can do much more than you might think. Not only can you forward any text messages you receive, you can also (depending on whether you're using an iPhone or Android phone) find out when a given message was sent or received, shush an annoying group thread, or "lock" a message that's particularly important. You can even swap in a whole new messaging app if you're not satisfied with the "stock" one.
Read on for seven texting tricks you need to know, starting with...
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Image: Ben Patterson Want to shush an annoying group thread? Open the message thread, tap Details, then flip the Do Not Disturb switch.
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