Q: No sms on iPad pro

Correct, the iPad does not have native SMS capability. You will need to obtain an App from the App Store.

ok.

gig wrote:

 

Not so. My iPad Air has it and I've been using that since it came out.

 

should add that this is the full iPad pro with cellular...

Yes, it has a cellular DATA capability.  SMS messaging however, requires a cellular VOICE capability as those texts are sent over the cell phone voice channel.

No matter what you may think you've been doing before, NO iPad model had or has the capability to send SMS text messages natively.  They can do so when paired with an iPhone using iOS's continuity feature - Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support and there have long been apps in the App Store that allow an iPad to send SMS texts via Internet relays.

I had the same problem -- iMessages went through, but no SMS.

It turns out that I needed to go to my iPhone and enable SMS Relay for my iPad.

On your iPhone, go to Settings, Messages, Text Message Forwarding, and then flip the "switch" for your new iPad.

For more:  http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how-to-enable-sms-relay-on-apples-mac-or- ipad

thank you Mark. This fixed my delimma  

thanks for this.  Most of my contacts were using iPhones so my "texts" would fail only occasionally.  It took me a while to realize that it didn't work on other devices, and that something needed tweaking.

You need an iphone as well to use iOS's continuity feature - Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support

No iPad can natively send SMS texts as that requires a cellular telephone with a voice channel connection. Your iPad can send and receive SMS texts via your iPhone with continuity.