https://community.sinch.com/t5/MMS/What-file-types-are-supported-by-MMS/ta-p/6975 <DIV class="lia-message-template-content-zone"> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: #f4f8fc; padding: 12px; border-left: 4px solid #0073e6;">The Sinch MMS platform supports multiple content and file types, including images, audio, video, long text, documents, calendar files, and contact cards. Review the tables below for accepted MIME types, file extensions, and known content restrictions.</P> <H3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 25px; padding: 8px 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0073e6;">Supported Content Types</H3> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The Sinch MMS platform supports the following content types:</P> <TABLE style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="7"> <TBODY> <TR style="background-color: #d9eaf7;"> <TD width="25%"><STRONG>Content Type</STRONG></TD> <TD><STRONG>Description</STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Images</STRONG></TD> <TD>Static images and animated GIFs.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>Digital audio files.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>Moving visual media.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Long Text</STRONG></TD> <TD>Messages exceeding the SMS 160-character limit. Supports up to 5,000 characters per slide.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>PDF Documents</STRONG></TD> <TD>Documents using the PDF format.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Calendars (iCal)</STRONG></TD> <TD>Calendar invitations and scheduling information.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>vCard</STRONG></TD> <TD>Electronic business cards containing contact information.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Microsoft Excel</STRONG></TD> <TD>XLS and XLSX spreadsheet attachments.</TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 25px; padding: 8px 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0073e6;">Accepted MIME Types</H3> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The MMS MT platform accepts the following MIME types:</P> <TABLE style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="7"> <TBODY> <TR style="background-color: #d9eaf7;"> <TD width="22%"><STRONG>Category</STRONG></TD> <TD width="53%"><STRONG>MIME Type</STRONG></TD> <TD width="25%"><STRONG>Default File Extension</STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Text</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/plain</TD> <TD>txt</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/jpg</TD> <TD>jpg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/jpeg</TD> <TD>jpg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/png</TD> <TD>png</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/gif</TD> <TD>gif</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/webp</TD> <TD>webp</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/mp3</TD> <TD>mp3</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/mpeg</TD> <TD>mp3</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/x-wave</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/x-wav</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/wav</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/wave</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/amr</TD> <TD>amr</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/mp4</TD> <TD>mp4</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/mpeg</TD> <TD>mpg or mpeg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/mpg</TD> <TD>mpg or mpeg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/x-msvideo</TD> <TD>avi</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/avi</TD> <TD>avi</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/x-ms-wmv</TD> <TD>wmv</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/x-ms-asf</TD> <TD>wmv</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/quicktime</TD> <TD>mov</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/3gpp</TD> <TD>3gp</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/3gp</TD> <TD>3gp</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Contact Card</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/vcard</TD> <TD>vcf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Contact Card</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/v-card</TD> <TD>vcf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Contact Card</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/x-vcard</TD> <TD>vcf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Calendar</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/calendar</TD> <TD>ics, ifb, ical</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/pdf</TD> <TD>pdf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/x-pdf</TD> <TD>pdf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/vnd.ms-excel</TD> <TD>xls</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</TD> <TD>xlsx</TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 25px; padding: 8px 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0073e6;">Content Restrictions</H3> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The following content restrictions currently apply:</P> <TABLE style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="7"> <TBODY> <TR style="background-color: #fce8e6;"> <TD width="25%"><STRONG>Content</STRONG></TD> <TD><STRONG>Restriction</STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #fff8f7;"> <TD><STRONG>PDF</STRONG></TD> <TD>Not supported on Toll-Free senders.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>PDF</STRONG></TD> <TD>Not supported for Google Voice on any 10DLC sender.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #fff8f7;"> <TD><STRONG>vCard</STRONG></TD> <TD>Not supported in Australia.</TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: #fff8e5; padding: 10px; border-left: 4px solid #f5a623; margin-top: 20px;"><STRONG>Note:</STRONG> Support for individual content and file types may vary by carrier, sender type, device, and message size.</P> </DIV> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:20:39 GMT Keenon_House 2026-07-15T01:20:39Z https://community.sinch.com/t5/MMS/What-file-types-are-supported-by-MMS/ta-p/6975 <DIV class="lia-message-template-content-zone"> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: #f4f8fc; padding: 12px; border-left: 4px solid #0073e6;">The Sinch MMS platform supports multiple content and file types, including images, audio, video, long text, documents, calendar files, and contact cards. Review the tables below for accepted MIME types, file extensions, and known content restrictions.</P> <H3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 25px; padding: 8px 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0073e6;">Supported Content Types</H3> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The Sinch MMS platform supports the following content types:</P> <TABLE style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="7"> <TBODY> <TR style="background-color: #d9eaf7;"> <TD width="25%"><STRONG>Content Type</STRONG></TD> <TD><STRONG>Description</STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Images</STRONG></TD> <TD>Static images and animated GIFs.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>Digital audio files.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>Moving visual media.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Long Text</STRONG></TD> <TD>Messages exceeding the SMS 160-character limit. Supports up to 5,000 characters per slide.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>PDF Documents</STRONG></TD> <TD>Documents using the PDF format.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Calendars (iCal)</STRONG></TD> <TD>Calendar invitations and scheduling information.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>vCard</STRONG></TD> <TD>Electronic business cards containing contact information.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Microsoft Excel</STRONG></TD> <TD>XLS and XLSX spreadsheet attachments.</TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 25px; padding: 8px 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0073e6;">Accepted MIME Types</H3> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The MMS MT platform accepts the following MIME types:</P> <TABLE style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="7"> <TBODY> <TR style="background-color: #d9eaf7;"> <TD width="22%"><STRONG>Category</STRONG></TD> <TD width="53%"><STRONG>MIME Type</STRONG></TD> <TD width="25%"><STRONG>Default File Extension</STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Text</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/plain</TD> <TD>txt</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/jpg</TD> <TD>jpg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/jpeg</TD> <TD>jpg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/png</TD> <TD>png</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/gif</TD> <TD>gif</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Image</STRONG></TD> <TD>image/webp</TD> <TD>webp</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/mp3</TD> <TD>mp3</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/mpeg</TD> <TD>mp3</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/x-wave</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/x-wav</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/wav</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/wave</TD> <TD>wav</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Audio</STRONG></TD> <TD>audio/amr</TD> <TD>amr</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/mp4</TD> <TD>mp4</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/mpeg</TD> <TD>mpg or mpeg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/mpg</TD> <TD>mpg or mpeg</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/x-msvideo</TD> <TD>avi</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/avi</TD> <TD>avi</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/x-ms-wmv</TD> <TD>wmv</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/x-ms-asf</TD> <TD>wmv</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/quicktime</TD> <TD>mov</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/3gpp</TD> <TD>3gp</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Video</STRONG></TD> <TD>video/3gp</TD> <TD>3gp</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Contact Card</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/vcard</TD> <TD>vcf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Contact Card</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/v-card</TD> <TD>vcf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Contact Card</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/x-vcard</TD> <TD>vcf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Calendar</STRONG></TD> <TD>text/calendar</TD> <TD>ics, ifb, ical</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/pdf</TD> <TD>pdf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/x-pdf</TD> <TD>pdf</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #f7f7f7;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/vnd.ms-excel</TD> <TD>xls</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>Document</STRONG></TD> <TD>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</TD> <TD>xlsx</TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 25px; padding: 8px 10px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0073e6;">Content Restrictions</H3> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The following content restrictions currently apply:</P> <TABLE style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="7"> <TBODY> <TR style="background-color: #fce8e6;"> <TD width="25%"><STRONG>Content</STRONG></TD> <TD><STRONG>Restriction</STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #fff8f7;"> <TD><STRONG>PDF</STRONG></TD> <TD>Not supported on Toll-Free senders.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <TD><STRONG>PDF</STRONG></TD> <TD>Not supported for Google Voice on any 10DLC sender.</TD> </TR> <TR style="background-color: #fff8f7;"> <TD><STRONG>vCard</STRONG></TD> <TD>Not supported in Australia.</TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: #fff8e5; padding: 10px; border-left: 4px solid #f5a623; margin-top: 20px;"><STRONG>Note:</STRONG> Support for individual content and file types may vary by carrier, sender type, device, and message size.</P> </DIV> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:20:39 GMT https://community.sinch.com/t5/MMS/What-file-types-are-supported-by-MMS/ta-p/6975 Keenon_House 2026-07-15T01:20:39Z