IPAD Pro cannot receive / send message in imessage

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 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 updated my ipad air 4th gen to 15.0.2 and now I cannot send messages from my ipad.

Text forwarding is on and my ipad is the selected device

I have messages in icloud enabled on both devices.

I restarted both devices multiple times, turned wi fi on and off etc.... nothing works.

Any more ideas?

Thank you!

On your iPhone, disable Text Message Forwarding - then restart both iPad and iPhone.

After restart, re-enable Text Message forwarding.

Thank you! That seems to have fixed my issue!

You are welcome. Another problem successfully solved 🙂