Text customers from your own Android phone with automatic replies

Use the free SMS Gateway app and the Speakvora agent so customers text your normal number and get an automatic answer from the same phone. Setup in about 15 minutes, with the limits stated.

If your business already uses an Android phone and number, the agent can answer texts on it. Customers keep texting the number they know. The agent reads each text, answers with your hours, status or a hand-off message and says it is an automated assistant. STOP and START are honoured.

How it works

  1. Install the free open-source SMS Gateway for Android app on the phone and switch on its cloud server.
  2. Paste its username, password and webhook signing key into the agent's Connect page and press Save and test.
  3. Switch off RCS chats in the phone's Messages app so texts arrive as ordinary SMS.
  4. Text the phone from another number and watch the agent answer.

Good to know

  • Android only. The phone must be on, charged and have signal.
  • Texts leave through your own SIM and plan, so keep to customer-service volume.
  • If the agent cannot answer, the customer gets a polite hand-off reply and your team is told.

Cost

A Speakvora bundle is a one-time price from $14 to $199 per business location, with no per-message or per-call fee from us. Your own phone plan, Meta (for WhatsApp) or phone provider bills you directly, and your own AI provider bills you if you add an AI key.

Questions

Does this work on iPhone?

No. Texting from your own phone needs Android. iPhone owners can use Telegram, WhatsApp, email, a phone system or Twilio.

Does the phone need to stay on?

Yes. The agent answers through that phone, so it must be on, online and have signal. If it is off, customers get no reply until it is back.

Will customers know it is automated?

Yes. The agent says it is an automated assistant and passes a person to your team when it cannot help.

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