Pushbullet

Unlike most people in the world these days, I highly dislike using my phone for anything other than calling people, and even then, it's rarer than rare steak! I'm keener on using a laptop for messaging people since I work from home on my computer, and I'm not much into being glued to a phone all day. Not to mention my carpal tunnel likes texting about as much as I like walking in on my grandparents doing 'the deed.' So I use Pushbullet, which helps me stay in touch with my mates who don't like to use FB messenger, email, or various other apps and prefer to text. Pushbullet has a free plan but limits your texts and images per month, or you can spend $5 a month and pay for their full plan and get unlimited text forwarding. To be fair, most people usually waste more money a month on far less. Now mind you, this service is likely only helpful to you if you prefer to type on a PC or MAC keyboard over those tiny phone keyboards. But to be fair, with as big as cellphones are becoming these days, soon the keyboards might be close to the same size, just foldable.