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Ldo1954 Author

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My iPad does not receive texts sent on my iPhone

Texts on my iPad are different from texts on my iPad

iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 3rd Gen, Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 3, 2021 9:46 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Oct 3, 2021 10:30 AM

Blue Bubbles = Apple iMessage
Green Bubbles = SMS (Text) or MMS (Picture) messaging over Cellular messaging services

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...

On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.

Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON

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