Text vs iMessage
Why is my iPhone sending text messages instead of iMessage to other iPhones
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If the iPhones you send messages to have not activated iMessages, you will send normal text messages.
You can also check yourself whether iMessages are activated on your iPhone:
Settings → Messages → enable iMessages
You can find more useful information here:
If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support