diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da6a13c..9eb0368 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Components supported by Whatsapp template sections:
  - Body: currency, datetime and text
  - Buttons: url and quick reply, 
 
-### Send a notification
+### Send a notification from a template
 
 To use this package, you need to create a notification class, like `MovieTicketPaid` from the example below, in your Laravel application. Make sure to check out [Laravel's documentation](https://laravel.com/docs/master/notifications) for this process.
 
@@ -140,6 +140,42 @@ class MovieTicketPaid extends Notification
 }
 ```
 
+### Send a text message
+
+You can only send a text message after you've send a template and the user responded.
+
+```php
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Notifications;
+
+use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
+use NotificationChannels\WhatsApp\Component;
+use NotificationChannels\WhatsApp\WhatsAppChannel;
+use NotificationChannels\WhatsApp\WhatsAppTextMessage;
+
+class MovieTicketPaid extends Notification
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the notification's delivery channels.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $notifiable
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function via($notifiable)
+    {
+        return [WhatsAppChannel::class];
+    }
+
+    public function toWhatsapp($notifiable)
+    {
+        return WhatsAppTextMessage::create()
+            ->message('Hello, this is a test message')
+            ->to('34676010101');
+    }
+}
+```
+
 ## Changelog
 
 Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 105be2f..5417fb6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "Laravel notification driver for WhatsApp",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/netflie/laravel-notification-whatsapp",
     "license": "MIT",
+    "version": "1.2.0",
     "keywords": [
         "whatsapp notification",
         "laravel",
@@ -19,10 +20,10 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.4",
-        "illuminate/notifications": "~8.0 || ~9.0 || ~10.0",
-        "illuminate/support": "~8.0 || ~9.0 || ~10.0",
-        "netflie/whatsapp-cloud-api": "^2.0.0"
+        "php": ">=7.4 || ^8.2",
+        "illuminate/notifications": "^8.0 || ^9.0 || ^10.0 || ^11.0",
+        "illuminate/support": "^8.0 || ^9.0 || ^10.0 || ^11.0",
+        "netflie/whatsapp-cloud-api": "^2.2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
diff --git a/src/WhatsAppChannel.php b/src/WhatsAppChannel.php
index e18fdb1..0479434 100644
--- a/src/WhatsAppChannel.php
+++ b/src/WhatsAppChannel.php
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ public function send($notifiable, Notification $notification): ?Response
         }
 
         try {
+            if ($message->type() === 'text') {
+                return $this->whatsapp->sendTextMessage(
+                    $message->recipient(),
+                    $message->getMessage()
+                );
+            }
+
             return $this->whatsapp->sendTemplate(
                 $message->recipient(),
                 $message->configuredName(),
diff --git a/src/WhatsAppTemplate.php b/src/WhatsAppTemplate.php
index e0e9b4d..d99b496 100644
--- a/src/WhatsAppTemplate.php
+++ b/src/WhatsAppTemplate.php
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class WhatsAppTemplate
      */
     protected array $components;
 
+    /**
+     * The message type.
+     */
+    protected static string $type = 'template';
+
     protected function __construct($to = '', $name = '', $language = 'en_US')
     {
         $this->to = $to;
@@ -121,4 +126,9 @@ public function hasRecipient(): bool
     {
         return ! empty($this->to);
     }
+
+    public function type(): string
+    {
+        return self::$type;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/WhatsAppTextMessage.php b/src/WhatsAppTextMessage.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289a0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WhatsAppTextMessage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NotificationChannels\WhatsApp;
+
+class WhatsAppTextMessage
+{
+    /**
+     * WhatsApp ID or phone number for the person you want to send a message to.
+     */
+    protected string $to;
+
+    /**
+     * Message.
+     */
+    protected string $message;
+
+    /**
+     * The message type.
+     */
+    protected static string $type = 'text';
+
+    protected function __construct($to = '', $message = '')
+    {
+        $this->to = $to;
+        $this->message = $message;
+    }
+
+    public static function create($to = '', $message = ''): self
+    {
+        return new self($to, $message);
+    }
+
+    public function to(string $to): self
+    {
+        $this->to = $to;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function message(string $message): self
+    {
+        $this->message = $message;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function getMessage(): string
+    {
+        return $this->message;
+    }
+
+    public function recipient(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->to;
+    }
+
+    public function hasRecipient(): bool
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->to);
+    }
+
+    public function type(): string
+    {
+        return self::$type;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/WhatsAppTextMessageTest.php b/tests/WhatsAppTextMessageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d39388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/WhatsAppTextMessageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NotificationChannels\WhatsApp\Test;
+
+use NotificationChannels\WhatsApp\WhatsAppTextMessage;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class WhatsAppTextMessageTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @test */
+    public function the_notification_recipient_can_be_set()
+    {
+        $message = WhatsAppTextMessage::create()
+            ->to('346762014584');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('346762014584', $message->recipient());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function the_notification_message_can_be_set()
+    {
+        $message = WhatsAppTextMessage::create()
+            ->message('Hello, World!');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Hello, World!', $message->getMessage());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_check_if_a_recipient_is_set()
+    {
+        $message = WhatsAppTextMessage::create()
+            ->to('346762014584');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($message->hasRecipient());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_return_the_message_type()
+    {
+        $message = WhatsAppTextMessage::create();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('text', $message->type());
+    }
+}