TextNow's move to a GSM network only covers LTE coverage, though a spokesperson told us that people with 5G-compatible phones will be able to pick up the parent company's 5G network where it's available. Still, with video calling now part of TextNow's service, you can see the carrier making a play to be included among the best cheap phone plans. If you need data over cellular, you can pay $20 a month for 2GB, which compares somewhat favorably to T-Mobile's 2.5GB Simple Connect plan ($15 per month) but is dwarfed by the best Mint Mobile plans, where you can get 10GB of data for $20/month. TextNow's service is ad-supported, and to ditch the ads costs $9.99 a month. The carrier's entry level plan includes free calls and texting via the TextNow app, with data available through Wi-Fi. We called TextNow a low-cost network, but it might be more accurate to refer to it as a "no-cost" network instead. (My wife noticed a lag between video and audio on her end, though that might have been the vagaries of our network connection.) I was able to place a video call to my wife on her Verizon-based phone, and the video chat looked pretty sharp on my end. I tested TextNow's video chat using a loaner SIM from the carrier on my iPhone 12. Assuming the person you're calling isn't on TextNow also, they'll get a text message with a link that opens up a video chatting interface in the web browser on their phone. Enter a number into the TextNow app ( Android, iOS), and then you tap the video calling icon instead of the usual phone icon.
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