I have an iPad six generation and I need to know how to find my iPads phone number because it’s not in the settings and I need to send it to one of my friends so I can so they can add it to their phone and I can text them ***
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The mobile number assigned to your iPad is for billing purposes only. It cannot be used to send or receive an SMS.
iPads are not capable of sending or receiving SMS except through a connected iPhone. See here:
Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to other devices - Apple Support
The mobile number assigned to your iPad is for billing purposes only. It cannot be used to send or receive an SMS.
iPads are not capable of sending or receiving SMS except through a connected iPhone. See here:
Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to other devices - Apple Support
Do you have an iPhone - or just an iPad? If exchanging messages with Android or non-Apple devices, you’ll need to use Cellular SMS/MMS messaging.
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. If you have activated an iPad's eSIM (where available) or added a DataSIM and Cellular plan to a WiFi+Cellular model of iPad, the number associated with the eSIM/SIM card is only used to identify your account for billing purposes. This number is not used for making calls or sending messages.
However, when 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
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
How do I see my iPad phone number?
