Handcent Next SMS messenger 7.9.5.3 (arm) (Android 4.1+)

Handcent Next SMS—The next generation of Texting SMS App

The most customizable, powerful and the best SMS messenger app. The best replacement android messaging app for your stock text messenger.
Starting in 2010, Handcent is the ultimate customer-oriented best SMS app: making user experience enjoyable and convenient is our top priority.

"Next SMS 7.0" is a texting app that brings some radical changes to make what’s good even better.

Material design to bring you a whole new immersive experience.
Underneath there’s a ton of improvements to improve the speed, stability and battery usage.
All new night mode and pop-up window, etc.
Handcent text messenger app gives it more flexibility.
Coupled with the newest Handcent Anywhere to give you a seamless best texting app experience on PC, tablets and your cell phone. Multimedia messaging. Text now with Next SMS app.

Ultimate Customization
Gorgeous themes and backgrounds, everything can be changed to your liking in our texting app. It’s the most popular message customizer, you can personalize text messages (free mms), bubble style, fonts, color, ringtone, LED color, vibration pattern, etc.

Handcent Anywhere
Talk to your Handcent friends for free in the best texting app of Play Store even on your PC/Mac, ipad or Android tablet.
With Handcent Anywhere you will be able to send text messages from your PC, Mac, or Tablet without touching your Android phone texting app. It can come in handy in office or home settings where you can simply focus on the computer screen without worrying about missing a text.
Go to aw.handcent.com and start chatting.

MMS plus
Share full-size multimedia(pics, audio, video) messages with your friends. MMS plus can act as a multimedia android text messaging downloader, save the multimedia files on our cloud server. If the recipient also has Next SMS app installed, the file can be open directly within the app. Otherwise, file will be open in the browser.

Pop up
Quick reply your messages with pop up window, it can even show over lock screen.
Handcent Next SMS text messenger app now has new look and functionality, try it to explore more.

Private Box
Your own personal space, a totally encrypted message box that can only be opened by a unique passcode set by you. Best way to protect your privacy.

SMS Backup
Never worry about losing your texts with our newest backup service. Easily restore all your messages (SMS / MMS), settings and scheduled task when you switch to a new phone or factory reset your phone.

SMS Blocker/Blacklisting
Block all unwanted or spam SMS messages in our android text messaging app.

Scheduled Task
Schedule texts to be sent at a given time.

Emoji
Have more fun with your friends in the best customizable texting app. Now even with the fun emojis and animated ones.
Plus the latest 1600+ emojis including all sorts of diversities and skin tone, also complies with the newest emoji standard in a sms messenger!

Stickers
Handcent Next SMS text messenger is now integrated with Giphy. You can now send the popular, trending or whatever stickers you can think of by doing a quick search. (Giphy is next to Emoji in the tool bar). Handcent is the best sms messenger with stickers.

Sticky on top
Handcent Next SMS sms messenger pins your favorite contacts on top based on your need.

Dual SIM
Handcent Next SMS is a free text messaging app that has support for Dual SIM devices from Asus, CyanogenMod, Huawei, Lenovo, Samsung, LG, Sony, Alcatel, Infocus, Xiaomi.

ECard
Celebrate important dates with Beautiful ECards in the best texting app of Play Store.

Globalization
Support for multiple languages to send sms messages.

Other features include: Search, Group Messaging Chat, Bulk SMS, text snippets,ECard and etc.
Handcent Next SMS is a free text messaging app with free mms, only some of the pro feature requires subscription. Texting messages fee will be subject to your local carrier.