# SMS action feature **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [October 17, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203 "2021-10-17T18:30:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meganb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/meganb/32/16632_2.png) [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/1 "2021-10-17T18:30:15Z")
Is there a way to use the create SMS action, add it to a button, and then have it send that SMS message to all users in the user spreadsheet who have entered a phone number? Since Glide doesn’t have a push notification feature, I was going to try to use this as a work around to send text messages to all of my users. ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/2 "2021-10-17T18:48:09Z")
Hi @meganb👋 👋 You can check here @meganb😇 > [@Sending SMS VS Push Notifications to Users](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sending-sms-vs-push-notifications-to-users/24904): > > Is anyone doing either for their app? What type of information is needed from the user for each? How is each implemented? Thanks! Thank you 😊 ---
**Author:** ![meganb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/meganb/32/16632_2.png) [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/3 "2021-10-17T18:57:56Z")
Thank you. And, correct me if I’m wrong, but Glide still does not have push notification capability, correct? I’m new to Glide, but it seems like they have made some recent enhancements, and I want to make sure I’m not missing something. ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/4 "2021-10-17T19:03:30Z")
Your welcome @meganb. I think you can choose that Compose SMS action to that button. > **[Compose Text Message](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/actions/single-actions/communication/text-message)** > > Tap to send a text You can connect like Zapier,Integromat Integrations and send notifications. > **[Connect your Glide to SMS Alert integration in 2 minutes | Zapier](https://zapier.com/apps/glide-apps/integrations/sms-alert)** > > Set up the Glide trigger, and make magic happen automatically in SMS Alert. Zapier's automation tools make it easy to connect Glide and SMS Alert. Come try it. It's free. > **[Glide Integrations](https://www.integromat.com/en/integrations/glide)** > > Glide - a platform for creating mobile applications without the use of code. And there are many conversations created to this topic @meganb . You can search and read them too @meganb😇 And If I’m wrong someone will reply here @meganb 🙂 I’m also still learning and doing experiments with this Superb Platform 😊 😊 Thank you 😇 ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/5 "2021-10-17T19:15:42Z")
And @meganb you can read this conversation too. > [@Newbie questions](https://community.glideapps.com/t/newbie-questions/27016): > > Hello to all the Community, a few questions (basics) about glide… 1- Can glide apps be uploaded to the app store? 2- do glide applications send push notifications? as it does? 3- the “pro app” subscription is totally white label? Thank you Thank you 😊 ---
**Author:** ![meganb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/meganb/32/16632_2.png) [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/6 "2021-10-17T19:33:23Z")
Yeah, I’ve been reading through a bunch of those threads, but they were mostly all at least 6 months old, so I didn’t know if there had been a new enhancement. None of the work arounds that I read about really seemed to work for what I’m trying to do because I don’t want to have to sign up for something else that is going to charge me more money. I just wish there was a more straight forward solution. ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/7 "2021-10-17T19:34:33Z")
Hmm. I think you can use that Compose SMS action. ---
**Author:** ![meganb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/meganb/32/16632_2.png) [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/8 "2021-10-17T19:36:16Z")
That’s what I was asking about in my initial question. Trying to use that feature to send, but how do I get the built in Glide action action “compose SMS message” to pull in all users from my user spreadsheet who have entered their phone number when creating their profile? ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/9 "2021-10-17T19:44:02Z")
Oh sorry @meganb 😐 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/5/d58f37532262bb3b3f4c605420f6f55fb2fe2f97.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/4/b43d3a72ebe1d1f48c35dee4a6a74dca80d9dc48.png) > **[Compose Text Message](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/actions/single-actions/communication/text-message)** > > Tap to send a text Is this what you want to know @meganb ? If I misunderstand your question I apologize for that @meganb 😐 Thank you 😇 ---
**Author:** ![meganb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/meganb/32/16632_2.png) [@meganb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/meganb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/10 "2021-10-17T20:25:14Z")
Yes, that’s what I’m trying to do, but can I make it send to all users in my user spreadsheet? When I tried to add it as an SMS action on a button, I clicked it, and it took me into my text message feature on my phone, so I can create a text message, but it didn’t pull in any phone numbers from my user sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Dilon\_Perera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dilon_perera/32/85652_2.png) [@Dilon\_Perera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dilon_Perera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/11 "2021-10-17T20:29:33Z")
Hmm. @meganb I’m not sure about this 😐 Sorry @meganb 🙁 I think one at a time. Others will reply here @meganb 🙂 Thank you 😇 ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Turrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark_turrell/32/26605_2.png) [@Mark\_Turrell](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark_Turrell)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/12 "2021-10-17T21:36:44Z")
I use Glide + Integromat + ClickSend for this (and later I will use Twilio for Whatsapp). 1. set up a Twilio or Clicksend account 2. set up a scenario in integromat to pick up a webhook in glide 3. in Glide, have a button for people to click to send you the info you need (in my case, a unique ID, then the tel, plus messages to send - as I send two based on time) 4. I have a few scenarios that run on a timer to send if a reminder needs to be sent out And it works, and was easy to set up. And popular too with our users (even the ones in Germany!). Cost per message is about EUR0.08 - and we send 2 per client, so it adds 0.18 to our cost of delivery. BUT the permission based message alerts have dramatically increased the number of clients who complete the process, and has substantially lowered the support hours to handle people being late. ![Screenshot 2021-10-17 at 23.34.48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/0/f080b30ea9492110bc5a15b12ccd2e2b9385a967.png) ![Screenshot 2021-10-17 at 23.32.51](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/f/dfd7793a04bc3ab69b3919bbedec32313daa4d74.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/13 "2021-10-17T23:05:51Z")
I think Mark’s solution will work best. I don’t know the upper limit of phone numbers to send a message in Glide, and after all you must have another click to send that message anyway, while with Twilio/ClickSend it’s automatic. Push notifications are not available for iOS, and I don’t think it’ll change anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/14 "2021-10-18T00:13:26Z")
As @ThinhDinh mentioned, I don’t know if there is an upper limit on the number of messages that can be sent at once. That all depends on your texting app. But to try it, you should be able to create a joined list column that joins all of the phone numbers together. You can try it with a comma or semicolon as the delimiter. Then pass that joined list into the compose sms action. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sms-action-feature/33203/15 "2021-10-18T00:25:58Z")
👆Jeffs solution is what I was going to suggest…but as was mentioned, there is probably a limit using this method. You’d need to use a dedicated SMS platform (like clicksend) to increase the limit.