I cant send texts from my new IPad Pro to android devices??? Please help. No Problem on my old IPAD Pro.

Hello Annesteloi,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

We understand that you are not able to send texts to Android devices from your new iPad Pro, you had no problems with your old iPad. The iPad is not able to use cellular voice or send SMS/MMS messages on it's own.

If you were able to send messages from your old iPhone to Android devices, you most likely had it set up to have your iPhone relay those messages. This is done using the Continuity features of Apple devices. The following support articles will provide guidance for this:

Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch – Apple SupportHow to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple SupportMake a call with Wi-Fi Calling – Apple Support

Best regards.

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