


Or you could carry on with Skype if you prefer. So yes, an easy fix and your Windows 10 Mobile phone should now handle SMS as it did before Skype got in on the action. Within Skype you'll see it offering to make Skype the default handler again, but most importantly, within Messaging you'll be picking up incoming SMS again. Now wait 30 seconds while things happen in the background and assignments get reset (right) the change should now be in place. And it's here that the real change happens, tap on the 'Messaging app' pick list and change it from 'Skype' to 'Microsoft Messaging'. You'll be instantly switched over to a section of the Windows 10 Mobile Settings, under Messaging. Remote conversations and SMS/MMS messages will start to synchronize with your desktop application. Launch DesktopSMS Lite on Android device and then use DesktopSMS Client on PC to pair remote Android device.
WINDOWS 10 MOBILE SEND SMS FROM PC INSTALL
Messages stay in sync with your phones SMS inbox. Download and install latest DesktopSMS Client on Windows/PC computer you want so send SMS messages from. Here, swipe down from the initial toggles (above left) and right down near the bottom (above right), tap on 'Change default SMS application'. Send & receive SMS and MMS from your computer or tablet, using your current Android phone number. In Skype, tap on '.' and then on 'Settings'. If this thought occurred to you too then note that it's easy enough to switch SMS back from being handled by Skype. And it will carry on working, at least until something breaks at the OS/API level.īut it got me thinking - I'd never really been happy with Skype taking on all my incoming SMS, it seemed something of a sledgehammer to crack a nut. And it all did work, on the whole, though internal platform politics at Microsoft have now kicked off a new development path. When Skype UWP was first announced, with SMS Relay in tow, our recommendation was to go for it, letting Skype UWP take control of your SMS and become the all-in-one, cross-platform and cross-device communications tool that Microsoft clearly envisioned.

Enter up to 7 people or contact numbers to a group text message. Enter the identity or mobile number of a contact. Select send a text at the top of the page.
WINDOWS 10 MOBILE SEND SMS FROM PC HOW TO
As I say, there's no real reason to do this, other than to keep things simple. How to Send Messages from PC via Google Voice: Step 1.
