Struggling to manage communication with deskless team, what actually works?

One thing I didn’t expect was how hard communication gets when your team isn’t always sitting behind a desk. A big part of our team is out in the field, so email is basically useless. People don’t check it, updates get missed and by the time someone sees something, it’s already old news.

We tried group chats too but that just turned into chaos. Important messages get buried and there’s no real way to keep things organized. Honestly, keeping everyone on the same page has been a struggle for announcements, schedules and basic HR stuff. We did try moving things into one app just to have everything in one place. It helped a bit but we are still figuring out what actually sticks long term.

Would like to hear suggestion for improving team communication in this types of setup. What’s actually worked for you?