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Carly-16 Author

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I have connected my watch to cellular but I can not send or receive messages to anyone who doesn’t have an iPhone

Apple Watch SE, watchOS 7

Posted on Apr 16, 2021 8:55 AM

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BobHarris

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Apr 16, 2021 2:24 PM in response to Carly-16

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205547

1. To receive SMS, MMS, or push notifications from third-party apps on your cellular Apple Watch, your paired iPhone must be powered on and connected to Wi-Fi or cellular, but it doesn't need to be nearby.

You also need to be signed in to iMessage on your iPhone.

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Randy-12

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Apr 16, 2021 10:32 AM in response to Carly-16

Make sure that you are set up properly

From your iPhone>Settings>Messages

iMessage>Toggle on

Send and receive>Make sure that both your phone number and ID are there and checked

Make sure that you have a check beside your phone number to start new conversations from

Send as SMS >Make sure this is toggled on

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