Group Texting no longer working on iPad

Yesterday the OS on my iPad was updated to 17.6.1. Now, group texting is no longer working correctly on my iPad but it does still work on my iPhone. When I looked at my iPhone this morning it displayed the message “Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iMessage on a new iPad”. This must have something to do with it. Thank you.

iPad, iPadOS 17

Posted on Aug 8, 2024 8:41 AM

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razmee209

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Aug 8, 2024 10:14 AM in response to JDTurk

JDTurk wrote:

Yesterday the OS on my iPad was updated to 17.6.1. Now, group texting is no longer working correctly on my iPad but it does still work on my iPhone. When I looked at my iPhone this morning it displayed the message “Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iMessage on a new iPad”. This must have something to do with it. Thank you.

Going to assume you're referring to group MMS iphone/Android.

Double check text forwarding is still enable of n your iphone Continuity features and requirements on Apple devices - Apple Support

If it still is, then sign out of imessage on both devices, restart the devices and sign back into imessage.

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