You should have the option to allow us to use a background in the messaging screen.

Would love to be able to see if the person is replying to my text with a "typing" message while I wait for it to come in.

let us know if the person we text has "read" our text such as IOS

The app is amazing but would be great if the background could be customised by using a photo order extending the range of colours available for use.

it would be great to send SMS , MMS from my PC or tablet etc

Please give us the ability to do the message reacts like iOs and Facebook Messenger have. Would also be nice to see the reacts that others do to our messages the same way that iOs does, instead of just getting a message that says"loved "blah blah.""

Display the contact photo within the thread like the andriod message app does.

Let us choose gallery picks as background

Please add the background wallpaper.

plz support private mode for specific conversation.

Add a website I'd be able to send and receive texts through my phone number.

read receipt like notifications

The ability to set a picture as a background behind the text message bubbles, instead of just the solid black, grey, or white. Support individualized picture backgrounds in each conversation. (there's a feature like this avaliable in the stock messages app on Samsung phones, and I'd love to see it implemented here)

I love to see location sharing

Textra is amazing, till the time I do not have to factory reset or change my phone. Cause then, I have to go hunting for another SMS and restore app, do the chore, which is a pain. Why would you guys not have this baked in despite several requests and despite knowing it's a must have feature?

In textra only 2 text colors(white and black) kindly provide various text colors

or doc/PDF/html/Excel/etc

More font options

retrieve deleted text (5 second time limit)

Option to backup and restore your app's settings to and from a cloud service like Google Drive.