The counts below update as you type. Your text is saved on this device automatically.
Chinese and Japanese characters are counted one character as one word, the usual way to count those languages.
See how many characters and message parts a text uses: 160 in plain letters, 70 once an emoji or special character is in.
The counts below update as you type. Your text is saved on this device automatically.
Chinese and Japanese characters are counted one character as one word, the usual way to count those languages.
A text message is sent in one of two encodings. In GSM-7, which covers plain English letters, numbers and common punctuation, one message holds 160 characters. A single character outside it, such as an emoji, a curly quote or many accented letters, switches the whole message to UCS-2, which holds 70.
Longer texts are split into parts and joined again on the phone. Each part loses a few characters to the header that rejoins them: 153 per part in GSM-7, 67 in UCS-2. A few GSM-7 characters, including € [ ] { } ^ ~ \ and |, count as 2. The SMS row in Limits shows the encoding, the count and the number of messages.
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It has at least one character outside the GSM-7 set, such as an emoji, a curly apostrophe or an accented letter, so the whole message is sent as UCS-2, which holds 70 characters.
153 per part in GSM-7 and 67 per part in UCS-2, because each part carries a small header so the phone can join them back together.
No. Those send over the internet with much higher limits. The 160 and 70 limits apply to plain SMS.
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