Clear SMS 0.23.0 APK download
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- Version
- 0.23.0
- Released
- Oct 14, 2026
- Minimum Android
- Android 6
- Target Android
- Android 15
- Package
app.clearsms
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What's new
Clear SMS now speaks five more languages, and picture messages that were already on your phone finally show up.
Added
• The app is translated into German, Spanish, Hindi, Polish and Russian. On Android 13 and newer you can set the language for Clear SMS alone, without changing the rest of your phone - useful if you want an English phone and a Hindi inbox, or the reverse. Translations are community work and partial ones are welcome; anything untranslated falls back to English.
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Added
• The app is translated into German, Spanish, Hindi, Polish and Russian. On Android 13 and newer you can set the language for Clear SMS alone, without changing the rest of your phone - useful if you want an English phone and a Hindi inbox, or the reverse. Translations are community work and partial ones are welcome; anything untranslated falls back to English.
• Long-press the a
Permissions
New permissions compared to the previous version
android.permission.CALL_PHONE
All permissions (18)
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.CALL_PHONEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.READ_SMSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECEIVE_MMSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_SMSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.SEND_SMSandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_SMSapp.clearsms.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION