why are text green, blue, and grey?
why are text green, blue, and grey? When i text someone with a iphone 4s with my 4s my text to them were green,green, green, then Blue,
And there reply is Grey? Whats the difference?
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3
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Blue=iMessage, Apple's messaging service
Green=SMS/MMS, your carrier's messaging service
Grey is just the color of incoming texts.
When you send to someone else who is also using iMessage, as long as there is a good network connection (Wi-Fi or cellular), it should send as a blue message. That means it's passing through Apple's messaging server instead of your carrier's. You can also send/receive messages with iPads and iPods if they use iMessage.
However, if for some reason iMessage is not available, the phone will try to send as a regular SMS/MMS message, which will be green. This will also happen if you send a text to a non-Apple device, like an Android or Windows phone.