Is there a character limit on SMS?

Is there a character limit on SMS?

Yes. Most SMS messages have a limit of 160 characters. If an agent types a message that is more than 160 characters, then Genesys Cloud automatically breaks it into multiple SMS messages.

Does Android have a text limit?

The default SMS limit values of 30 messages within a span of 30 minutes is something that OEMs or carriers themselves can change before they sell the device to you. By default though, Google has set it to 30 messages in a 30 minute period but it’s very easy for us to change.

How can I send SMS more than 160 characters?

When you send an SMS Message longer than 160 characters, the message will be concatenated and split into 153 character chunks. The 1st 7 characters of each message are used to instruct the carriers and your handset to concatenate the message and re-build it into one fluent long message upon delivery.

How many characters can you put in an SMS message?

If you include non-GSM characters, such as Chinese script, in SMS messages, those messages have to be sent via UCS-2 encoding. Messages containing any UCS-2 characters are limited to 70 characters and will be concatenated into 67 character message segments, even if the messages contain fewer than 160 characters.

Is there a limit to how many text messages you can send on Android?

So by default, Android will check to make sure you haven’t sent more than 30 SMS messages to anyone within a span of 30 minutes.

How to reduce the length of an SMS message?

The best way to reduce the length of an SMS message is to replace such characters (usually Unicode characters, GSM characters that require Unicode encoding or escape characters) with a GSM equivalent. GSM Charset: The GSM 03.38 charset is the standard character set for text messaging on GSM-based cell phones.

How many characters are in GSM 03.38 charset?

In addition, certain characters from the GSM 03.38 charset require ‘escape characters’. These escape characters take up two characters (14 bits) to encode. So, even if you have 160 GSM characters, the message may be split if it contains one such symbol. Estimate text message cost.