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My new IPad Air will not send texts to some contacts. This was never an issue with my old IPad Air 2.

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Posted on Jan 23, 2021 2:35 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2021 3:08 PM

Your iPad is not a cellular telephone. It cannot send or receive SMS texts to/from cellular telephones. It requires an iPhone handoff to do that.

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support

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Jan 23, 2021 3:08 PM in response to Dash2001

Your iPad is not a cellular telephone. It cannot send or receive SMS texts to/from cellular telephones. It requires an iPhone handoff to do that.

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support

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