Internet messaging services have taken over, but what if you still rely on older tech? Read our SMS vs MMS breakdown for all the details.

MMS — multimedia messaging services — allows your phone to send pictures, animated GIFs, videos and audio recordings, which means you can add personality to each message.

Short for multimedia messaging service, MMS is a type of SMS text message that “allows for much larger messages, plus the inclusion of pictures, audio clips or videos,” Reed says.

SMS and MMS are two different ways to send text messages. Learn how to choose the right one for your small business’s marketing campaign.

AT&T will release the multimedia-messaging hounds on Friday, when a new settings file enables MMS on iPhones in the U.S.

T-Mobile's Starlink-powered T-Satellite service now also supports Multimedia Messaging Service or MMS on certain Samsung and Motorola phones.

Update: AT&T has told us that an MMS message will be treated like an SMS is today, from which we presume it means that if you buy a 200 message pack, they’re essentially interchangeable. However ...