Adding additional Phone numbers for SMS

Feature Requests
#1

how do you add additional numbers for sms messages i could enter my number bud want to have my wife get same sms messages i do.

#2

At the moment, only a single primary number is supported for SMS notifications. A common workaround is to use Pushbullet to support multiple notification targets.

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#4

Whatā€™s your timing and action plan for the ā€œhit listā€?

#5

@Tod_Claytor welcome to the community and thanks for posting!

Community feedback is a key part of how we plan and prioritize what we work on next. The more feedback we see around a particular feature request or enhancement, the more likely it is to get prioritized. So adding your comment to this post is a good first step!

As you may have noticed, this particular request hasnā€™t had a ton of traction yet, so weā€™ve prioritized other highly requested features and you can see the result of those requests in the Announcements Category.

Alternative Approaches

That being said, there are a few common approaches that are taken to notify multiple recipients.

Pushbullet and Pushover are both popular alternatives for delivering notifications.

  • Pushbullet supports up to 500 messages a month for free and has apps for iOS, Android, Chrome, Windows, etc.
  • Pushover charges a one-time $5 fee per platform (eg. $5 for Android, $5 for iOS) and supports 7,500 messages a month.
  • Both of these support targeting multiple different devices and with Pushover, you can easily share your ā€˜user keyā€™ across family memberā€™s devices

Alternatively, our Twilio SMS integration is not limited to a single recipients device, but requires you to have a paid Twilio account.

#6

Iā€™ve tried to setup Pushbullet, but it doesnā€™t exist in the iOS App Store.

An alternative solution for me would be to edit - or even delete - the current phone number for SMS. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

#7

Wow! It looks like PushBullet was unpublished from the App Store. The developer has responded to a few posts on Reddit explaining.

Pushover is certainly still an option, but there is a one-time fee of $5.

If you send a message to support, we can help you with changing the SMS number on file.

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#8

Josh - please ignore previous PM regarding changing SMS number. Iā€™ve installed Pushover and all is well,

Thanks.

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#9

I agree that we should be able to send an SMS to more than one phone number. Many families have additional family members (e.g. spouses) who should also be informed when thereā€™s something worth informing about. I understand that ā€œyou can further complicate your solution by adding in another tool to accomplish thisā€ but ideally we shouldnā€™t have to do that for such a common need.

Maybe where one adds an SMS in the Rules Engine if there was a ā€œhow to add a second phone numberā€ if there was a pointer to the information above (work arounds) and a pointer to this ā€˜voting abilityā€™ more people would push for this.

Consider this my vote. Hopefully this capability will get added to this great tool before too long. Thanks!

#10

Thanks for the feedback - make sure to scroll up to the top of the post and cast a vote. :slight_smile:

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#11

Done, thanks! Iā€™m getting smarter about this stuff every day. But I obviously have a LONG way to go.

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#12

Josh, on further reflection Iā€™ve removed my vote.

I think using Pushover is likely the way to go. Iā€™m now using that to push notifications to my iPad, iPhone, desktop browser, and well as the devices of my wife. Having a tool specifically designed to do this, including all of the various permutations of HOW people want this to happen, does make good sense.

Thanks again,

Scott

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#13

A post was split to a new topic: Pushover Delivery Groups

#14

Are we now able to add a second SMS?

#15

No. When a Feature Request is closed out, weā€™ll reply to the thread linking to the release post.

See my reply above with some alternative approaches: