How can I quickly find out which contacts have an iPhone or use iMessage?

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How can I quickly find out which contacts have an iPhone or use iMessage?

Is there any way I can find out which contacts use iMessage? My iPhone is clearly able to figure it out when I'm typing a message. So there should be a server or something where it can see that the phone number uses iMessage. But can't my phone figure that out for all contacts at once?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jun 14, 2013 4:09 AM

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wjosten

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Jun 14, 2013 4:13 AM in response to Lukas De Man

This is the only way on an iOS device:

Launch the Messages app in iOS.
Tap the Compose button in the upper right corner to start a new message.
Type the contacts name, or just put the first letter of their name and have a list populate.
iMessage users will show a blue iMessage icon alongside their name.

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Lukas De Man Author

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Jun 14, 2013 4:42 AM in response to wjosten

Thanks. But it only even shows the blue icon if I've iMessaged them recently. They should make a sort of system that groups the iMessage users, shouldn't be that hard 🙂

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