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TheBanditAbe Author

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SMS on iPad

I have an iPhone 12 and an iPad Air 4 with cellular data. Why can’t I send a text message with my iPad?

iPad Air, iPadOS 14

Posted on Apr 28, 2021 2:33 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Apr 28, 2021 3:36 AM

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

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