All iDevices running iOS 14.4 cannot send text messages to Android devices.

Msachs99 wrote:

iDevices not able to text

What might “iDevices” mean exactly? That is not an Apple term.

An iPad is not a cellular telephone. It has no capability to send messages to anything other than Apple devices.

Should you happen to own an iPhone, it can indeed send texts to Android devices using your cellular carrier’s SMS text message capability. And if you have both an iPad and iPhone, you may use Text Message Forwarding as follows:

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

Do you have an iPhone - or just an iPad?

An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or SMS/MMS Messaging features. An iPad with either WiFi or Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services.

However, If paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features.

More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:

Continuity

Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch – Apple Support

SMS/MMS Messaging

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

WiFi Calling

Make a call with Wi-Fi Calling – Apple Support

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your [new] iPad on your iPhone...

On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.

Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON

When I used "iDevices", I implied that I have both an iPad Air AND an iPhone 8. Both are up to date running iOS 14.4.

Many times that I try to send messages from my iPhone to Android phone users, they never get it. They can send to me successfully.

I have both "Send as SMS" and "MMS Messaging" turned on!

Thanks for your assistance.

I am also having a problem with my apple devices. My phone is not always sending or receiving messages when it includes an Android device on a group or when I send to them independently. It is also not working on my Mac or iPad but I understand that this function is tied into the phone.

I have both send as SMS, MMS, and Group messaging all turned on. I have restarted my phone.

I have an iPhone x and it is updated to ios 14.4

I would love an update from Apple about this issue.