SMS in Google Chat

As always Google is on top again, Google is offering SMS in you Gmail chat. 50 SMS credited in your account and on every reply you get from SMS u will be awarded 5 SMS.  This service is currently provided in certain countries which included Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, USA and some other. Complete list is here Google 


To Enable chat 

1. Go to you Gmail Settings    Mail Settings 
2. Select the Labs tab. 
3. Scroll down until you see Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat
4. select Enable and Save Changes
5. Now in Chat search option you can enter phone number and Click SMS or simply select any contact and Click SMS it will prompt you for Mobile number.

SMS credit in Chat

SMS credit is an allocation of SMS (text messages) that you're able to send to a mobile phone:

• Initially, you're granted a credit of fifty messages.
• Every time you send a message, your credit decreases by one.
• Every time you receive an SMS message in Chat (for example when a phone user replies to one of your messages) your credit increases by five, up to a maximum of 50.

If your SMS credit goes down to zero at any point, it will increase back up to one 24 hours later. So, you won't ever be locked out of the system.

"Buying" additional messages

Keep in mind that if you'd like a higher message credit, you can always send an SMS to your own phone, and then reply to that message multiple times. Every time you send a reply message, your SMS credit is increased by five. Effectively, you're buying more messages by paying your phone company for these outgoing messages.More about Gmail SMS chat