On Android devices you can use the Mighty Text app (formerly "Texty")
and/or Microsoft Phone Link to use your computer to text and/or call via Android phones, using your phone's native phone number. It's very
convenient, especially for SMS/MMS.

But my main phone number is now on my iPhone and I don't use a Mac, so I
can't do this anymore. There is no iMessage for Windows. I can use my
Google Voice number from the computer to do SMS, MMS, and voice, but
can't use my native number on the iPhone to do this.

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texty.sms> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.appmanager> <https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/phone-link/9NMPJ99VJBWV>

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Am 29.08.22 um 02:05 schrieb sms:

On Android devices you can use the Mighty Text app (formerly "Texty")
and/or Microsoft Phone Link to use your computer to text and/or call via Android phones, using your phone's native phone number. It's very
convenient, especially for SMS/MMS.

But my main phone number is now on my iPhone and I don't use a Mac, so I can't do this anymore. There is no iMessage for Windows. I can use my
Google Voice number from the computer to do SMS, MMS, and voice, but
can't use my native number on the iPhone to do this.

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texty.sms> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.appmanager> <https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/phone-link/9NMPJ99VJBWV>

Get your act together, Steven!
Why do you buy hardware that doesn't do what you need to do?
Why do you buy OS/hardware combinations that can't full fill your tasks?

Smart people do it quite differently.

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Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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On 8/28/2022 5:05 PM, sms wrote:

On Android devices you can use the Mighty Text app (formerly "Texty")
and/or Microsoft Phone Link to use your computer to text and/or call via Android phones, using your phone's native phone number. It's very
convenient, especially for SMS/MMS.

But my main phone number is now on my iPhone and I don't use a Mac, so I can't do this anymore. There is no iMessage for Windows. I can use my
Google Voice number from the computer to do SMS, MMS, and voice, but
can't use my native number on the iPhone to do this.

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texty.sms> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.appmanager> <https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/phone-link/9NMPJ99VJBWV>

Well since no one followed up, I did some searching.

There is one solution available, that (apparently) enables the use of
iMessage on Windows that does not require the use of a Mac and that does
not require jailbreaking. It is not free.

For $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year, there is a solution called
AirDroid Cast. You need the "Cast & Control" version (the free version
just lets you view the screen), see <https://www.airdroid.com/pricing/airdroid-cast/>. It's essentially a remote-desktop that can connect to both Android devices and iPhones.

The pricing is a little weird, if you already have an AirDroid account
it shows up as $3.99 per month, if you don't, it shows up as $3.49 per
month, but the yearly subscription is the same $29.99. There is an
advantage to the yearly subscription (besides being less expensive) as
it allows 3 devices to be logged in at once, versus only one on the
monthly account.

This solution does not require a Mac to be linked. There is another
solution using Chrome Remote Desktop, but it requires a Mac which kind
of defeats the purpose. Finally, a third solution is available if your
iPhone is Jailbroken.

I added the information about AirDroid Cast to the document <https://tinyurl.com/iOS-Android-Features>.

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Am 29.08.22 um 18:38 schrieb sms:

Well since no one followed up, I did some searching.

There is one solution available, that (apparently) enables the use of iMessage on Windows that does not require the use of a Mac and that does
not require jailbreaking. It is not free.

For $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year, there is a solution called
AirDroid Cast.

I hope you are not serious!

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nospam wrote:

In article <temohl$98l$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Andy Burnelli
<spam@nospam.com> wrote:

It bothers you tremendously that iOS can't do the simplest of things.

not only can ios do the simplest of things, but it can also do highly
complex things that are not possible on other devices, which you
continue to ignore because you are trolling.

Yep, he IS trolling. And it's working on you perfectly.

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