My new iPhone 13 Pro is sending SMS messages instead of via iMessage
iPhone 13 Pro is sending messages via SMS instead of iMessage. iMessage is turned on with SMS as backup
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15
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ColleenD1
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Hi tamarafromlos angeles,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're having an issue with sending iMessages from your iPhone 13 Pro. We'd like to help.
Is this issue happening with a new conversation, an existing conversation, or both? When you look at your Settings > Messages > Send & Receive, do you see check marks by your phone number and email address(es)? If any are unchecked, try to check them and see if that helps. If it's your phone number, you may need to activate iMessage again.
Check out these steps to get that done:
If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Let us know how that goes.
Take care!