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  1. Shepard man

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    My girl and I recently came back to Android after 2 years..just got a couple Galaxy S4's. While we are enjoying them, we both miss the feature from iPhone where you can see when someone is typing a message or if they've been read.

    I did some searching but didn't come across anything blatantly obvious but is there a setting I can turn on or an app to download that'll do the same thing?

    Thanks and glad to be back!
     

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    You mean for SMS? You can't do that for SMS. That's a feature only available for online chatting (iPhone uses iMessage so it's technically online). Viber has that feature, as well as several chat apps that use the internet
     
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    I think on Hangouts you can see it but as chan says, not for actual SMS, i think thats impossible on any phone :thumbup:
     
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    For it to work the person on the other end would need to be using a compatible program.

    It's sort of like 15 or so years ago, when a friend mentioned she wanted a video phone so she could see who she was calling, and I let her know the other side would need to have a video phone too. ;)
     
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    Whatsapp does this
     
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    I can see the other person typing when using WhatsApp and only on non-group messages.

    Different third party messaging apps may do this, but only if you are all using that particular proprietary messaging app. Apple uses iMessage and if you are communicating with someone else using iMessage, you can see the typing status. If you use iMessage to communicate via SMS to someone not using iMessage for SMS, you cannot see if the other person is typing.
     
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    I think the thing people should understand is that SMS is different from instant messaging. Sms is the same thing thats been around since long before smartphones, it isnt live and doesnt use the internet, it just sends a short message.
    IM like imessage, whatsapp, kik, hangouts etc are live and connected and need the internet to work :thumbup:
     
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    Thanks so much! Me and the soon-to-be little missus both downloaded Viber and are now set.

    Thanks for the tip!

    Thanks for the info.

    I'll be sure to keep that app in mind for the future. Thank you very much.

    That makes sense. Thank you!

    Thanks for the information!
     
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    Congratulations mate :beer::beer::)
     
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    Use whatsapp
     
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    Just thought I'd add that me and one of me pals use gmail chat on PCs but can also use it on our phones using hangouts and you see see what the other person is typing.Also this does not use txt allowance as it's an Internet chat system :)

    HTH :)
     
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