This morning, 6/19/22, before I sent a message I turned off Group Messaging. I sent a single message to 14 recipients. I received feedback from a few recipients that they were able to see others in the group they didn’t know. My intent was to keep the recipients list hidden. There seems to be a bug.
iPhone 11 Pro Max
The list of recipients is hidden only for SMS Group message,s not for iMessage Groups. Find out the difference between iMessage and SMS/MMS messages.
Group SMS
These messages also appear in green text bubbles and go through your carrier. Group SMS messages don’t support multimedia attachments, like photos or videos. All responses in a group SMS are sent as individual text messages and the recipients can’t see the other responses from the group.
Learn how to foward SMS/MMS text messages across your devices, like from an iPad to a Mac.
Types of group messages
The three types of group messages that you might see are: group iMessage, group MMS, and group SMS. The Messages app automatically chooses the type of group message to send based on you and your recipients' settings, network connection, and carrier plan. For example:
The list of recipients is hidden only for SMS Group message,s not for iMessage Groups. Find out the difference between iMessage and SMS/MMS messages.
Group SMS
These messages also appear in green text bubbles and go through your carrier. Group SMS messages don’t support multimedia attachments, like photos or videos. All responses in a group SMS are sent as individual text messages and the recipients can’t see the other responses from the group.
Learn how to foward SMS/MMS text messages across your devices, like from an iPad to a Mac.
Types of group messages
The three types of group messages that you might see are: group iMessage, group MMS, and group SMS. The Messages app automatically chooses the type of group message to send based on you and your recipients' settings, network connection, and carrier plan. For example:
Group messaging was turned off, but ….
