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Purchased ipad Air 4 before Christmas. Cannot get imessage to send or receive SMS texts from non-iOS system. It worked fine on my older ipad Air 2. I do not have cell capability with the ipad air 4.
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. Verify these settings:
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
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. Verify these settings:
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 knew it had to be simple — thanks! Your advice worked
You are very welcome.
Purchased ipad Air 4 before Christmas. Cannot get imessage to send or recieve SMS texts from non-iOS system. It worked fine on my older ipad Air 2
