I do not receive IM sent from 5 or 6 digit numbers on my new iPad Air. The iPhone is fine

Just received my iPad Air gen 5. All transferred and is working but I do not receive any of the IM sent fro 5 or 6 digit numbers. The iPhone receives everything fine. It is just the iPad that is not receiving these type of texts.

iPad Air, iPadOS 17

Posted on May 24, 2024 3:12 PM

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May 24, 2024 4:43 PM in response to Rmborchid

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


I do not receive IM sent from 5 or 6 digit numbers on my new iPad Air. The iPhone is fine

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