Reply option does not appear for specific messages in Messages

The reply option does not appear when I hold a specific message bubble. I only see Copy, Translate, and a "More" Option which only leave a check in front of the message. IOS 15.2 on Iphone 13 and also older iPad.

Posted on Jan 27, 2022 11:09 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2022 11:29 AM

karharrington wrote:

The reply option does not appear when I hold a specific message bubble. I only see Copy, Translate, and a "More" Option which only leave a check in front of the message. IOS 15.2 on Iphone 13 and also older iPad.

Your device needs to meet the requirement Reply to specific messages on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support and it needs to be a group imessage and not MMS.

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Jan 27, 2022 11:29 AM in response to karharrington

karharrington wrote:

The reply option does not appear when I hold a specific message bubble. I only see Copy, Translate, and a "More" Option which only leave a check in front of the message. IOS 15.2 on Iphone 13 and also older iPad.

Your device needs to meet the requirement Reply to specific messages on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support and it needs to be a group imessage and not MMS.

Jan 27, 2022 12:45 PM in response to karharrington

karharrington wrote:

Looking at what you say about MMS, I am now wondering if that is the issue. It is a group text and the replies to which I wanted to respond do not include multimedia elements. However, some GIF's did appear in previous replies. Does that render the entire thread MMS as long as it exists?

This only work for group imessage all recipient are using an Apple devices, doesn't work for MMS with android users.

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