Messaging Segment Calculator

Characters typed 0

Smart Encoding

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Encoding

SMS

GSM-7 / UCS-2 with Smart Encoding

Encoding GSM-7

Characters 0

Segments 1

Remaining 160

Character detail

Encoding details

Message size

Total size sent

Unicode scalars

Non-GSM characters

None detected

RCS

UTF-8 with region-based billing

Recipient region

United States International

Note: This calculator applies to plain-text RCS messages, billed as Rich per 160-byte UTF-8 segment. Rich Media messages (cards with images, buttons, or multiple text fields) are billed at a flat per-message rate regardless of length. Learn more about RCS content types and pricing.

Encoding UTF-8

UTF-8 Bytes 0

Segments 1

Message type Rich

Remaining 160

Size 0 bits

RCS details

Message size

UTF-8 bytes

Billing model

Characters