SMS Messaging is a powerful way to send information directly to your guests, bypassing email, with automated text message templates and triggers.
You can use our SMS Segments Calculator to see the details of your message and learn how special characters and emojis affect the overall length and segment count, but you can also use the SMS Message X-Ray tool in-app as you draft your SMS message templates.
The optional SMS Message X-Ray tool highlights any characters that could be replaced or removed, displays the current character and segment counts, and estimates the potential segments if they are cleaned.
When drafting your SMS template, you can check your SMS templates with the SMS Message X-Ray tool by clicking on the question mark icon below the message body field.
The SMS Message X-Ray tool popup will highlight any characters that could be replaced or removed, display the current character and segment counts, and estimate the potential segments if they are cleaned. Click on the green Clean Message button.
The SMS Message X-Ray tool automatically "cleans" your message and returns you to your SMS message template. While you'll notice that our emoji was removed, you can also see that we went from 3 segments to 2 after using the optional SMS Message X-Ray tool.