TexMax

What it does

Connect your own dashboard or app to TexMax through a simple API. TexMax talks to your paired Android phone, which sends and receives real text messages over its own SIM. No rented number, no per-message telecom fees.

TexMax turns a paired Android phone and its SIM into an SMS gateway. Send texts from your software through a simple API and get replies back by API or webhook.

Pro 50% off your first year when you pay yearly, active through Dec 31, 2026. Connect a paired Android phone and its SIM to the software you already use. Send texts through an API, then route replies back into your application. TexMax sits between your backend and a paired Android phone. Your application keeps control of its own screens, data and workflow. When it needs to send a text, it calls the TexMax API; when a reply comes in, TexMax hands it back. There is nothing to migrate and no new interface your team has to learn. The phone does the sending over its own SIM, so messages come from a real mobile number rather than a rented virtual one. TexMax runs the hosted relay between your…from texmax.app

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