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SMS setup

New iPad, not able to send or receive texts. Old one works, can’t figure out what settings I’ve missed on the new one. Help please

iPad Pro, iPadOS 15

Posted on May 4, 2023 9:24 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on May 4, 2023 9:27 AM

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 new iPad on your iPhone...

On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your new 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

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