My iPad mini with cellular/WiFi will only send/receive text messages with Apple devises. My other iPads communicated with android devices. Is there something I need to adjust or is this the way it is.
iPad Mini 5, iPadOS 14
cellular module only contains the data part not the voice part which sms rely on having been around prior to the data part
so ipads can only send imessages unless you have an iphone with the same appleID and has enabled it to do it for the ipad
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cellular module only contains the data part not the voice part which sms rely on having been around prior to the data part
so ipads can only send imessages unless you have an iphone with the same appleID and has enabled it to do it for the ipad
read
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
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
I do have an iPhone with the same Apple ID. The problem only occurs when I’m texting from by iPad to an Android phone. In order to get a text message to an Android phone, I must text from iPhone.
have you clicked on the blue link and read the section called
"How to enable or disable SMS/MMS relay on your iPhone"
and verified your settings to be set correctly
Thank you for your help, I was able to go into settings and enable my iPad to forward text messages. I glad there are people like you out there!
Text Messaging with iPad mini
