Microsoft Launches Android SMS App That Blocks Spam

It might sound frustrating for hardcore Windows Phone fans that Microsoft is focusing so much on Android and iOS, but the software giant does the same thing again, this time with a so-called SMS Organizer app created by Microsoft Garage.

Exclusively available for Android users and aimed at the Indian market (at least for the moment), SMS Organizer was specifically created to fight SMS spam, so it comes with features that can block promotional messages and allow only the important messages get through.

Before anything, it’s important to know that this application is still in beta stage, but anyone can register and give it a try here.

Feature lineup

First and foremost, the application can move incoming messages to categories like important and promotional using its own machine learning systems that can group them in folders based on subject and content.

Additionally, it can...