If your members liked GroupMe because it worked over plain text, SMSGO keeps that: one private message to your whole group by text or email, replies only to you, and no app to install.
We want to be precise here, because your members deserve accurate information.
On August 17, 2026, GroupMe announced it is winding down its two-way SMS service on a rolling basis. Your next group message by SMS triggers a notice and a 7-day countdown. After that, group messages stop arriving by text, and members need the GroupMe app or groupme.com.
GroupMe itself keeps going. Verification codes still arrive by SMS, you can still invite people by phone number, and your groups, history and photos stay. Quiet groups keep SMS until someone posts.
Source: GroupMe, “Goodbye SMS mode,” August 2026. Checked September 7, 2026.
“Sometimes one line of text is exactly what you need.”Practice moved to 7. Can you make it? No feed, no app, no 200-message backlog.
GroupMe is a group chat. SMSGO is how an organizer reaches a group and hears back.
Your group loves chatting together and everyone is happy using the app.
You need everyone reached by plain text or email, including the people who will never install an app, and you want replies to come to you.
Create your account and fund your wallet. No subscription and nothing to cancel later.
A spreadsheet, a roster, an email full of names and numbers. We import it for free, or members join by texting JOIN plus your code.
Text #all from your phone: “Our group now texts from SMSGO. Reply to this number any time.” Replies come straight to you.
$5 to start, about 166 standard text segments. No per-contact fees, no monthly bill, and the exact cost shows before every send. No messaging activity = $0.
No. GroupMe is still running and investing in its app. What it announced on August 17, 2026 is that it is winding down its two-way SMS mode, so group messages will need the GroupMe app or groupme.com.
SMSGO sends your group plain text messages, or email for people who prefer it. Members reply like any normal text, and replies come privately to you.
No. GroupMe is free; SMSGO is pay as you go: $0.03 per text segment and $0.003 per email, with no subscription. $5 to start gets you about 166 standard text segments.
SMSGO is built for reaching your whole group and hearing back privately. If your group loves chatting together, keep GroupMe for the chatter and use SMSGO for announcements, RSVPs and the people who only read texts.
Send us whatever list you have, a spreadsheet or even an email with names and numbers, and we import it free. Members can also join themselves by texting JOIN plus your group code.
Yes. Members reply YES or a poll letter by text or email. SMSGO counts the answers and can announce automatically when an event reaches the number you need.
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Send us your list and we’ll import it free. Your members keep getting normal texts, and you keep every reply private.
