I am having an issue with sending texts to android phones. If the message hasn’t been sent complete I get the error exclamation when I send another message. I turned phone off, cleared cache don’t use a vpn it only happens when sending to an android or google phone.
anyone having this issue?
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26
Sending SMS is based on your mobile/cell signal - which fails or tend to be slower where there is weak mobile/cell signal reception. Messages (iMessages) use data/wifi.
To test, try to turn off your mobile data and wifi and send via SMS to any other iPhone, bet that it behaves like what you are describing when sending to android/google phone.
Good luck!
PS. Possible solution is to turn on Airplane mode, wait a few seconds and turn it back on - if the mobile/cell signal improves, sending via SMS will improve as well.
Texts lagging to android phones
