Anyone have an app they use for text messaging with devices that are wifi only such as an iPod Touch or an old cell phone that doesn't have cell service?

My kids got iTouch's for Christmas and we downloaded the "Bump" app which they've been able to use to text message me on my cell phone, but apparently it is going offline as of the end of the month.

TIA

Google Talk, now called Hangouts

[This message has been edited by ABATTBQ11 (edited 1/9/2014 1:37p).]

Google Talk or WhatsApp

If you and your wife have iPhones, they should be able to use the stock messaging app via wifi.

Hangouts also works well.

Got our daughter a tablet and we use the Google Talk app. It works great.

Wife and I both have Android phones just fyi...

so Hangouts it is

To be clear, with Hangouts you can send texts only from a cell phone. If on a wifi-only device you can only send messages via web, using gmail addresses.

Hangouts will work from any wifi-only mobile device, doesn't have to be a phone.

"To be clear, with Hangouts you can send texts only from a cell phone. If on a wifi-only device you can only send messages via web, using gmail addresses."

Don't want to have to E-mail. Other options for text messaging???

Google Voice has free texting

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Hangouts will work from any wifi-only mobile device, doesn't have to be a phone.

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Yes, but like I said, only for web messaging, not texting.

As for whatsapp, that is not on option on non-phone devices.

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Don't want to have to E-mail. Other options for text messaging???

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Honestly your best option here is Hangouts. Just have your daughters create a gmail account, even if they don't plan on using it as an actual email address, in order to message through Hangouts.

Voxer is multi-platform and uses data (wifi/3G/4G/etc). It allows you to send text, picture and voice messages.

It is on iTunes and Google Play.

Textra

Can hangouts send messages and communicate with an iPhone's iMessaging or is it a hangouts to hangouts communication only?

iMessage is between i devices only iirc.

Hangouts is like iMessage in that regard.

kik might be what you are looking for. Its a wifi only texting service that works on iOS, Android, Windows phones, nokia, and blackberry.

Thx