Your VoixCall Number Can Now Receive Texts (SMS and MMS)
Until now, a VoixCall virtual number did one thing: it let you make and receive calls with a local number in another country. Anything sent to it as a text message disappeared.
That’s fixed. Every SMS-capable number you own on VoixCall now receives texts and picture messages, and they show up in a new Messages tab in the web app at app.voixcall.com. Nothing to switch on. If you already own a number, texts sent to it are being captured today.
This post covers what the feature does, what it costs, who it’s actually for, and the limits we’d rather you hear from us than discover on your own.
What you get
- Inbound SMS on any of your VoixCall numbers that supports texting. Messages are grouped into threads by the number that sent them, newest first, with an unread badge on the Messages tab.
- Inbound MMS: photos and other attachments arrive in the same thread and open inline.
- A 50-message allowance per number, per month, included in the number’s monthly fee.
- Pay-as-you-go beyond the allowance from the same credit balance you use for calls. No plan change, no add-on.
What you don’t get yet is replying by text. Sending is switched off until our carrier-side sender registration is approved. You can still call the person back from the Dialer with one click from the thread, which for most of the situations below is what you’d do anyway.
What it costs
There’s one number to remember: $0.02 per text segment after your first 50 in a month.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Virtual number (new purchases) | from $2.00/month, exact price shown before you buy |
| First 50 inbound text segments per number per month | Included |
| Each inbound text segment after that | $0.02 |
| Each inbound picture message (MMS) | $0.04 |
A “segment” is how carriers count texts: up to 160 characters of plain text is one segment, and a long message or one with emoji may count as two or three. A bank alert, a delivery notice, or a “running late, call me” is one segment. Fifty of those a month covers most personal use entirely.
If a number gets flooded, a monthly cap kicks in so a spam wave can’t quietly drain your credits. You’ll see usage per number in the app.
Numbers you already own keep the monthly fee you signed up at. The $2.00 floor applies to new purchases, and it exists because the message allowance costs us a flat amount per number whether the number itself is cheap or not.
Who this is actually for
We built this because of what people were already doing with their numbers. Three patterns kept showing up.
1. You called someone, and they texted back
This one surprised us. Look at the log for any number that makes outbound calls and you’ll find replies: “who is this?”, “can’t talk, call after 6”, “send me the address”. People treat a phone number as a two-way thing. If you use a VoixCall number as your caller ID when calling suppliers, candidates, or customers, those replies now land in your inbox instead of vanishing.
For a small business or a solo operator with a US or UK number, this closes a gap that made the number feel half-finished.
2. You live in one country and need a number in another
Expats and long-term travelers keep a home-country number for one reason: institutions insist on it. The bank, the tax office, the pension provider, the doctor’s surgery. A lot of what those institutions send is a text: a fraud alert, an appointment reminder, a “your statement is ready”.
A VoixCall number in your home country means those messages reach you wherever you are, for a couple of dollars a month, without keeping a physical SIM alive and roaming.
The same goes for signing up to apps that want a phone number in a particular country, whether that’s TikTok, Instagram, Telegram, a marketplace, or a bank’s app: rent a number there, enter it at sign-up, read the code in Messages.
An honest caveat, and it’s an important one: don’t assume every service will send verification codes to a virtual number. Some banks and platforms detect VoIP numbers and refuse to send one-time passcodes to them. Others are fine. Test it with each service before you rely on it. Where a service does refuse, the workaround is usually the one this site exists for: call their international line instead.
3. You buy from suppliers who send photos
Sourcing teams calling Chinese factories, freight forwarders, and customs brokers already use VoixCall for the calls. Suppliers also send things: a photo of the packed carton, a picture of the label, a screenshot of the tracking page. With MMS switched on, those arrive in the same place as the call history for that supplier, which is a lot easier to find later than a screenshot buried in someone’s personal WhatsApp.
How to set it up
- Sign in at app.voixcall.com.
- If you don’t have a number yet, open My Numbers, pick a country, and buy one. The monthly price is shown before you confirm.
- Open the new Messages tab. Texts sent to any of your numbers appear there, threaded by sender.
- Tap a thread to read it, or to call the sender back from the Dialer.
That’s it. There’s no per-number toggle and nothing to configure.
The honest limits
We’d rather list these here than have you find them the hard way.
- Not every number supports SMS. US and Canadian local numbers generally do. In some countries the numbers available to us are voice-only. If texting matters, check what the number offers before you buy it, and reach out to support@voixcall.com if you’re unsure about a specific country.
- Inbound only, for now. Replying by text isn’t available yet. When outbound is switched on, it’ll be a separate announcement, not a silent change to your bill.
- Web app first. The Messages tab is in the browser app today. The iOS and Android apps will pick it up in a later release.
- Verification codes are not guaranteed. See the caveat above. If a service refuses VoIP numbers, no virtual-number provider can fix that from their side.
- Usage counts per number, not per account. Two numbers means two allowances of 50, tracked separately.
Where this fits
VoixCall started as a way to call the numbers WhatsApp can’t reach: banks, airlines, hotels, government lines, landlines. A local number in another country was the natural next step, and texting is the step after that. Owning a number that can only ring was always a slightly odd deal, and it isn’t one anymore.
If you already have a number, open the Messages tab and see what’s been waiting. If you don’t, numbers start at about $2 a month and you can pick one up here. Questions about a specific country or use case: support@voixcall.com.