Here are some of the best apps, browser extensions and software that help you send free SMS using your Windows computer. Texting is still a popular way to get the things done.

SMS to Text is completely free and available in the Android App Market now. Do you back up your SMS messages, or just delete them when they take up too much space? Let us know in the comments below.

Android Messages for Web lets you pair your computer to your phone, so you can send and receive SMS from either device. Here's how to set up and use Android Messages on PC.

You don't switch away from your PC to your smartphone to reply to an email or an instant message, so why should a simple SMS message be any different?

The Your Phone app allows users to see 25 of the most recent photos from an Android phone on the PC, as well as send Android phone SMS text messages from a PC.

Although mysms's compatibililty with both Android and iPhone is appealing, its PC component is awkward.

If you have an Android smartphone and a T-mobile unlimited text plan, there’s a new, free, way to browse the web. Smozzy Beta uses an ingenious hack to allow web browsing over SMS/MMS.

Microsoft is working on a new Skype feature called SMS Connect, which will allow you to use Skype to send and receive text messages on your PC -- provided you have an Android phone.

How to use Android's built-in SMS Backup Many phones (including Pixel phones) have a built-in automatic SMS backup, courtesy of Google, in the messaging app.