SMS Messages from an iPad
Can sms messages be sent over WIFI from an iPad?
iPad, iPadOS 13
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Can sms messages be sent over WIFI from an iPad?
iPad, iPadOS 13
To be able to use SMS/MMS messaging from iPad, being Cellular Carrier feature, you’ll need to explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding from your iPhone:
To be able to use SMS/MMS messaging from iPad, being Cellular Carrier feature, you’ll need to explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding from your iPhone:
No device can send SMS messages over WiFi as SMS messages are sent over a cellular telephone voice connection. The technology predates and does not use the internet.
When paired with an iPhone, an iPad can share SMS messages with the iPhone, but it is the iPhone that does the sending and receiving over its cellular telephone channel.
Only if message forwarding is turned on on an iPhone. Otherwise you can only send iMessages from an iPad
SMS Messages from an iPad