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HowiPad? Do I enable myself messages on my iPad?
iPad, iPadOS 16
BettyBoop_61 wrote:
HowiPad? Do I enable myself messages on my iPad?
There is no MMS settings for an ipad.
You would need an iphone and enable this Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to other devices - Apple Support to send/receive MMS on the ipad.
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 added a DataSIM and Cellular plan to a WiFi+Cellular model of iPad, the number associated with the 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 >
Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:
Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON
You really would be better placing this in the iPad section of the communities here. You're more likely to get the help that you are looking for, but as noted by the other response you have gotten here, you cannot send and receive SMS on your iPad without it being forwarded from your iPhone.
That being said, the iPhone settings need to be setup for you to forward the messages to other devices.
How do I enable MMS messaging on my ipad?
