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iPad and text mesaages

My daughter has an android phone, I can get her text messages on my iPad Mini which is six years old, but my brand new iPad I cannot get her messages only people with iPhones. Why would that be. What do I need to do

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Posted on Oct 21, 2020 12:52 PM

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IdrisSeabright

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Posted on Oct 21, 2020 1:05 PM

On your iPhone, go to Settings>Messages>Text Message Forwarding and add your iPad.

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IdrisSeabright

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Oct 21, 2020 1:05 PM in response to Mygonzalez

On your iPhone, go to Settings>Messages>Text Message Forwarding and add your iPad.

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