iPhone XR won’t send texts to androids

My iPhone XR can receive but won’t deliver texts to anyone who doesn’t have an iPhone. I have “send as sms” turned on in my settings and have no idea what else to do.

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 9:04 AM

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Dec 7, 2020 9:12 AM in response to Genevievefr

Genevievefr wrote:

My iPhone XR can receive but won’t deliver texts to anyone who doesn’t have an iPhone. I have “send as sms” turned on in my settings and have no idea what else to do.

"Send as SMS" has no effect on messages you're sending to an Android phone. What that setting does is, if an iMessage fails, it will try to send it again as an SMS. So, by definition, it only affects messages to other Apple devices.


As noted above, contact your carrier.

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