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I had a text message string going with three friends. For a while we could all see the activity in the string. However, recently when I send a message, each person receives it individually and answers individually, and their answers do not show up on the original text string which I sent to all three. Why has this changed?

Posted on Aug 24, 2019 2:23 PM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2019 5:57 PM

If one of them has changed over to Non-iPhone or De-activated iMessage then this problem will occur.


Types of group messages

The three types of group messages that you might see are: group iMessage, group MMS, and group SMS. The Messages app automatically chooses the type of group message to send based on you and your recipients' settings, network connection, and carrier plan. For example:

  • If you and your recipients are using Apple devices and iMessage is turned on, then the group message is sent as an iMessage.
  • If you send a group message to people who aren't using iMessage, then the message is sent as an MMS or SMS message.


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Aug 24, 2019 5:57 PM in response to Stuart L Silberman

If one of them has changed over to Non-iPhone or De-activated iMessage then this problem will occur.


Types of group messages

The three types of group messages that you might see are: group iMessage, group MMS, and group SMS. The Messages app automatically chooses the type of group message to send based on you and your recipients' settings, network connection, and carrier plan. For example:

  • If you and your recipients are using Apple devices and iMessage is turned on, then the group message is sent as an iMessage.
  • If you send a group message to people who aren't using iMessage, then the message is sent as an MMS or SMS message.


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