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# SMS Messages

## Setting up SMS

<Info>Setting up sms, requires external api keys for sms sending services</Info>

After navigating to sms set up, from settings you will see a page like this:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/laudspeaker/2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu/images/guides/product-manual/t.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu&q=85&s=b60a198bdcda6133110b42e82e002429" alt="Example Flow" width="3006" height="1036" data-path="images/guides/product-manual/t.png" />

We currently support sms sending through twillio

## Creating SMS Messages

To create an SMS that you can use in subsequent journey, you need to first navigate to message templates

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/laudspeaker/2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu/images/guides/product-manual/mt.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu&q=85&s=2315878b5ebb335ac5ecd99cca2fa5ee" alt="Example Flow" width="444" height="880" data-path="images/guides/product-manual/mt.png" />

Now you need to name the template

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/laudspeaker/2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu/images/guides/product-manual/nst.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu&q=85&s=bb1c4e7dca06908991cf7d0479e2a4f1" alt="Example Flow" width="1266" height="786" data-path="images/guides/product-manual/nst.png" />

Here you can create the message you want to send, along with personalize fields like name

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/laudspeaker/2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu/images/guides/product-manual/st.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu&q=85&s=cd06ae13953239225a4bbbe4217bf917" alt="Example Flow" width="3042" height="802" data-path="images/guides/product-manual/st.png" />

## Using sms in Journeys

Once sms is set up and you have created sms templates, you can use them in a journey by dragging an sms step onto the canvas and then selecting the template you designed.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/laudspeaker/2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu/images/guides/product-manual/sinj.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2MKEidK8fhbcBiVu&q=85&s=2460488bbf0baab6830c4156ad86a942" alt="Example Flow" width="3398" height="1780" data-path="images/guides/product-manual/sinj.png" />
