MMS

MMS (Multimedia Messaging System) is the sister protocol to SMS and was created to allow rich media based messages to be sent to mobile devices.

Features

  • Send MMS to the USA and Canada.
  • Send 1600 text characters.
  • Send up to 10 images.
  • Sent, delivered, and failed receipts supported.

Set up MMS

You must have an MMS-enabled phone number to send your MMS from; contact your Customer Success representative to arrange this prior to attempting to send.

Supported countries

The MMS channel can only deliver messages to phone numbers registered in, and connected to a network in, the following countries:

  • Canada
  • The USA

Restrictions and items of note

  • Not all mobile networks support delivery receipts in the US and Canada.
  • A minimum of one and a maximum of 10 image parts can be included in an MMS message.
  • The maximum size of each image sent by MMS cannot exceed 750,000 bytes or 732KB.
  • You can only send MMS to phone numbers in the supported countries.

What’s Next

Check out how to send MMS via the API