Email Templates - text?

Is it possible to have templates go to text instead of/as well as email?

Currently the only way to do that is if you have an email to SMS gateway and use that in the email TO.

We're working on direct SMS integration which is due out this summer.

Email to sms gateway, not sure what that is

I am assuming that it will be designed to universally designed to work on any chat app... What's App, Messenger, etc. Not an expert on that.

email to sms would basically be a service that converts email to text messages and sends them out. You'd put an email address into OR and the gateway would receive the email, pull out the relevant details and send it to the desired phone # via sms text.

I doubt OR is building a universal text option that would work with all systems, I don't think such a thing is even possible with so many proprietary messaging apps. I am pretty sure it will be a standard SMS based text that works based on typical cell phone text messaging.

The direct text option that was due out in 2012 has it been released yet and if so how do I use it

Unfortunately no it has not - but I don't think it was ever due out in 2012. It was hoped for last year, but the Airbnb API integration got priority. We're hoping to have it this year.

Make sure to read this:
https://www.ownerrez.com/blog/product-updates-hosted-header-styles-menu-buttons-links-condensed-view-fixes-pool-icon-sms-sees-limited-daylight