HeyWire – Free Texting

August 26, 2011

What do you think about sending free SMS to more than 45 countries? Awesome, right?

HeyWire is an all-in-one Android widget which lets you send free unlimited SMS, chat with your Facebook friends and send free text messages to Twitter. Your friends don’t need to have HeyWire Widget installed to reply to you. One of the most interesting features of this Android widget is that it provides you with a real US phone number. This way, you will be able to send free texts and manage the HeyTweets function (HeyTweets is the first and only global Text-to-Twitter Service which includes Twitter notifications).

What are the main HeyWire Widget features?

Basic Phones Supported – You can use HeyWire Widget to reach friends with any SMS-capable phones.
Facebook Chat – You can see your online Facebook friends and chat with them through this Android widget.
Group Messaging & HeyTweets – HeyWire Widget lets you send messages up to 10 friends at once via SMS and Facebook Chat. You can also send Tweets through SMS by adding the number 40404 (responses from friends remain private).
Smart SMS – This widget provides you with an auto-response function which will reply with an automated message when you can’t. (e.g. If you are on a plane).
[highlight]Picture Messaging – HeyWire for Android can send picture messages to any mobile device that can receive a text from HeyWire. Picture messaging also works for HeyWire to HeyWire.[/highlight]

Is HeyWire Widget really free? How does it work?

Absolutely. Texting from a real phone number costs HeyWire real money so by placing a small ad within the widget, they keep your messages flying around the world for free. HeyWire does use data, so make sure you have a data plan or use Wifi where available. For your friends who aren’t on HeyWire, standard text messaging rates apply to text a U.S. Phone Number (nothing extra).

Let’s take a look to the supported countries: You can text all mobile phones in USA, Canada and Mainland China. You can also send SMS to the most mobile phones in Mexico, South/Central America and The Caribbean. And, remember that you have a real HeyWire U.S. phone number included.

Lastly, we will show you the HeyWire-to-HeyWire attributes:

Worldwide Messaging – You can send free messages to other HeyWire phone around the globe.
The following devices are supported by HeyWire: Android, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
You can text in any language to friends using Heywire-AT&T-Verizon. It includes character based ones, like Chinese.
Voice-to-Text message creation – This function only works if your Android device supports it.

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14 Responses to HeyWire – Free Texting

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jerry mcintyre on November 30, 2011 at 4:27 pm

how do you get heywire app to notify by sound when you get an incoming text? it only notifies wheh the app is opened.
jerry mcintyre on November 30, 2011 at 4:28 pm

i am using a samsung captivate.
admin on November 30, 2011 at 4:31 pm

Hi Jerry,

Heywire works as Whatsapp application, it means that you need to have the application already opened to be notified. You can open it and leave it in background, that’s enough to be notified on incoming text messages.
jerry mcintyre on November 30, 2011 at 6:06 pm

thanks
jerry mcintyre on December 1, 2011 at 11:54 am

i left my heywire app running in background but still get no notification until i turn my black screen and bring up the app running in background. i am using a samsung captivate. is there anything i can do to get a notification in the bar or sound when i get a text msg?
admin on December 1, 2011 at 6:22 pm

Hi Jerry,

What a weird!! We have running both notifications (notification bar and sound). I strongly recommend you to visit for getting better support.

Sorry that we couldn’t resolve your problem.

Good Luck!!
Jhib on January 11, 2012 at 10:04 am

Can you text telcel phones in Mexico?
Jhib on January 11, 2012 at 12:47 pm

Can u text a telcel phone in Mexico using heywire?
icalvo on January 31, 2012 at 12:54 pm

i cannot open heywire, everytime i try i get a black scree, i have tried to uninstall it and reinstall it but still doesnt work.
i use a samsung galaxy 9003
anyone has any idea.???
thanks!
angie on February 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm

The same thing is happening to me. I tried to open the app and all I have is a black screen. I uninstalled in and re installed it and nothing worked, so I turned off the phone and back on, and the same thing. I have no idea what to do now.
angie on February 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm

The same thing is happening to me. I tried to open the app and all I have is a black screen. I uninstalled in and re installed it and nothing worked, so I turned off the phone and back on, and the same thing. I have no idea what to do now. I have a MyTouch Slide 3G.
Johniya on February 27, 2012 at 9:30 pm

So if you use HeyWire does it mean that your texting is not free?
admin on February 28, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Hi Johnlya,

Why not?? You do not have to pay anything for texting. I don’t get your point.