Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the first Xbox or the text message?
The text message came first, in 1992 (first sent). The first Xbox followed 9 years later, in 2001 (released).
- Second2001
The first Xbox
product · releasedMicrosoft's first Xbox launched in 2001 alongside Halo.
- First1992
The text message
invention · first sentThe first text message was sent in December 1992 and said "Merry Christmas".
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.