Type or paste your message to see how many characters it has, whether it will be sent as GSM-7 or Unicode, and how many SMS parts it will use. Works for English, Hebrew and emoji.
| Encoding | When it is used | Single SMS | Per part (concatenated) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSM-7 | Latin letters, digits, basic punctuation | 160 | 153 |
| Unicode (UCS-2) | Hebrew, Arabic, emoji, other special characters | 70 | 67 |
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With GSM-7 encoding (Latin letters, digits and basic punctuation) a single SMS holds 160 characters, and each part of a longer, concatenated message holds 153. With Unicode encoding (Hebrew, Arabic, emoji and other special characters) a single SMS holds 70 characters, and each concatenated part holds 67.
A single character outside the GSM-7 set switches the whole message to Unicode (UCS-2) encoding, which lowers the limit from 160 to 70 characters per message.
Global SMS bills one message for every 201 characters, in Hebrew and in English, including in long messages. The counter shows this next to the standard GSM-7/Unicode calculation.
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