Texty

What is Texty?

Texty is a native macOS communication app for using Google Messages on a Mac. It helps Android users send and receive SMS, MMS, and RCS messages from their desktop while keeping conversations in sync with their phone. The app supports common messaging tasks such as reading chats, replying quickly, viewing unread counts, and sharing photos or videos in conversations. It is designed for people who want a more integrated Mac experience than using Google Messages in a browser tab. Texty also fits everyday workflows by bringing notifications and message handling into the macOS environment. Tunabelly publishes Texty for macOS as a dedicated desktop app rather than a web client.

Key features

• Send and receive Google Messages conversations from macOS
• Keep SMS, MMS, and RCS chats synced with an Android phone
• Reply directly from macOS notifications
• View unread message counts in the Dock
• Share photos and videos in conversations
• Start and continue conversations across phone and Mac

Safety overview

Status: Mostly safe

Texty is legitimate messaging software for macOS. To work as intended, it needs access to your Google Messages conversations and related message content, including attachments you choose to send or save. Notification access and media handling are normal for this type of app. Because it deals with private conversations, use it only on a Mac you trust and review its notification behavior if message previews could be visible to other people using the computer.

Recommendation: Keep Texty if you use Google Messages from your Mac. Remove it if you no longer want desktop access to your Android messages, knowing that doing so will stop message syncing and Mac-based notifications from the app.

Common paths

• /Applications/Texty.app

Related apps

• Google Messages

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