Even though some basic phones allow SMS to multiple recipients, the replies usually go back only to the sender.

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Text messaging has been spruced up as well, allowing multiple recipients to be added at the same time when sending a message, automatically saving unsent texts as drafts and letting users edit received messages before forwarding them.

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When a user sends a snap to multiple friends, the recipients receive a snap indistinguishable from an individualized message.

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It aims to let chatters rattle off multiple instant messages to many recipients at once, and it wants to let you do Internet searches tied to sites your friends like.

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It's cut down on recipients who were "double-dipping, " or collecting welfare checks from multiple locations.

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