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Just purchased a new iPad. Cannot send or receive SMS/MMMS messages (androids)on it. The iPad 2 that I was using could go that. So I can on my old IPad, on my iPhone 13, but not on my new iPad. Frustrating.
If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) 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
If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) 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
Thanks, got that now figured out and can send a message. But now, when I try to send a photo in a message, it says MMS needs to be enabled on my iPad.
On your iPhone:
Settings > Messages > MMS Messaging - set to ON
Cannot send or receive SMS text messages on new ipad.
