Google SMS Channel on 9870807070 – Free Group SMS for India
Posted by Sree Pillai on October 3rd, 2008 under category Google
Topics: Free SMS, Google, Group SMS, SMS
Google SMS Channels is Google’s solution to SMS groups message broadcasting and subscription. This service enables you to get content from Google, Google partners, and all other websites and blogs with RSS support.
You can create your own channel and publish content that other users can subscribe to. You can also create groups over SMS to communicate with your friends, family, and co-workers, just like the SMS GupShup service.
This is a free service. You don’t pay anything to send or receive messages using Google SMS Channels website. When you post a message to your channel, all the members of your channel get the message forwarded for free. Any Indian mobile number will work with this service.
Google SMS Channel uses the normal number 9870807070, and not the premium short codes. So any SMS charge you incur is as low as you sending an SMS to your friend. There is no charge for receiving the updates.
SMS tariff charges may apply when you configure the service or publish to a channel using a mobile phone. Most of you don’t do this unless you want to start a new channel.
You can use the service on the website or via your mobile phone.
How Do I Use SMS Channel from Mobile Phones?
Create a Channel
To create a channel using phone, send the following SMS to 9870807070:
CREATE <channel name> <description>
The Channel name should be at least 8 characters long. I have created a channel for TECK.IN using the format
CREATE TECKUPDATE Updates from TECK.IN on SMS, mobile, web development, information technology, management and the internet
This creates a public channel with name TECKUPDATE.
Modify Channel
You can change the properties by using the MODIFY command as below:
- To make the channel “private” (only allow people to subscribe by invitation by the owner) send the following SMS to 9870807070: MODIFY <channel name> PRI
- To make a channel “public“, send the following SMS to 9870807070: MODIFY <channel name> PUB
- To make channel publish privilege limited (only the owner can publish), send the following SMS to 9870807070: MODIFY <channel name> PRISEND
- To allow all subscribers to publish to a channel send the following SMS to 9870807070: MODIFY <channel name> PUBSEND
Search
To search for a channel SMS SEARCH <keyword(s)> to 9870807070. You’ll be sent up to 3 channels matching your keyword(s) over SMS. To see more channels, you can reply MORE <keyword(s)>
Subscribe to a Channel
Send an SMS ON <channel name> to 9870807070. <channel name> is the name of the channel.
To subscribe to the TECK.IN blog update channel, you would send the following SMS to 9870807070:
ON TECKUPDATE
You’ll receive a confirmation message and the last message posted on the channel to confirm your subscription.
Control Maximum Alerts and Timing
To specify the maximum number of messages along with the time interval when you wish to receive the alerts in a day, send an SMS PREF <maximum number of messages per day> <start time> <end time> to 9870807070. <start time> <end time> to be specified in hh:mm:am(or pm)format.
Unsubscribe
To unsubscribe using your phone, SMS OFF <channel name> to 9870807070.
Author Email: sree@teck.in
plz tell me how to join more channel.
hii–plz tell me …..how to join more no.of channels……
i receive vocab sms daily……….
how can i change my channel name…..pls reply on 9016284906….
Dhruv patel- a’bad…
hey how can i increase my limit of channels joined or increase the message limit….
in many of google sms channels like googlenewstechnology and timesofindianews msgs are truncating.. and every msg will have adds to create channel,and to poke msgs.these are unnecessary for every msg i think. so please solve this who has rights..thank u.
Recently most of the contents of the mssg is lost. Instead almost every mssg is carrying a JUNK and unwanted TAIL stating the format of joining, unsubbscribing, invitation etc etc. Consider the fact that an SMS can only contain a few words – what is the need to put these things in every SMS and sending only incomplete messages? Instead send the SMS nad nothing else. All other things could be done through computer…
i m sent dndon to 9870807070 from that day i not recieve any message now i want to recieved message from google channels what can i do my phone no is 9272679732
how can l unsubscribe these sms’s through net
Sin in your google account and open your google channel list and unsubscibe the unrequired channels.
You need to have a gmail a/c to do this….
if u have one then just visit –> https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?continue=http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/
–>and fille ur details…thats it… you can see a my Channels link under which u can unsubscribe…..
How can use free sms plese give me reply to my Email i added allready but i don’t know how can it running
hi i have problem in sending sms to my group past 1month so my members are upset. my group is private so i cant send sms from another number. i want to make it public but i cant send any sms bcus sending report is always fail. my grp name is IT_Riders my mobile num is 9595812343 plese give me sugestion
Dont wory man , tranfer ur no. to another no…if u want…cal me on 9016284906
hi
i hav subscribed many channels,wen will i start receiving any alerts??plz do respond!!
wheever i send a message 2 google it is nt delivered…. i wanna knw y does this happen?
hi
i hav subscribed many channels,wen will i start receiving any alerts??plz do respond!!
i have subscribed many sms channels like sports, jokes, education but i got only one message that is live score but not continuously just one time, if i want this continue means what can i do plz give any suggestion
which is the maximum no. of channel subsribe by me ?
i have subscribed for cricket news and word a day and English vocabulary i dint receive any message to my mobile can u please help me
nice article
i also created an sms channel
how to off PREF service
my msg not diliverd to 9870807070
so plz help me
my contact no – 9699 404 707
Wen i m sending msg , it nt post to google…msg sent frm mob. bt nt sent to google…and hw can i change my mo. no ?? plz help , plz ..if u know contact me on 9016284906…plz help,..pls.
i have my own group named as lovely_prince.so i want to 9 how many msg i can post in a day
u can send only 3 per day
Only 3 posts a DAY….that’s it..
i had created my group in google free sms service
but when i m sending msg in group it is showing pending nor the any response from google.i m owner of the group LUCKY_4U
SO PLZ GIVE SUGGESITON…
how many channel i can suscribe.
maximum 15 channels subscibed by u…..
this sms channel is really good.
how many channels i can subscribe at a same time……
how o unsubscribed the google news
how can i change google sms alerts
my poke service is off
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can u tell me d procedure for subscribing google sms??
pls help me pls
my grp hackerlov send automaticly post msg to my members
i faced this promblen frm last two days pls help
change publicsend to privatesend….check commands…chek website information wich given up.
how to join more no of channels
i hv subscribed sms channele but i did n,t ge any msg
i have subscribed for sms channels but i didnot receive any message to my cell phone….????
some problem that solved now so type JOIN GREENAPPLE send it to 09870807070
yes you joined chanel but that chanel is not activate ok so type JOIN GREENAPPLE send to 09870807070 ok you will get 3 msg per day enjoy it
you can join only 15 chanel this is a limition of google group so ican’t join more then 15 chanel
hai how can u change my mobile number goole sms?
Also, can u tell me d procedure for subscribing google sms??
just u have to sign in in google and search google sms channel, u will automatic get chaneel name
Haii.. I have subscribed for vocabulary,english chanels but i didnot receive any message to my mobile..