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can anyone advise if an iPad accepts IMessgee on a cellular, only I recently purchase just The Wi-Fi and it was only excepting messages via an email address message, so I still had to use my phone to get messages? Tia
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An iPad Wi-Fi only model can use iMessage to any Apple devices.
If you also have an iPhone using the same Apple ID, you can also use your iPad Wi-Fi model to send SMS/MMS to any phone (Android or otherwise) via Continuity, read here => How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support
@brbo
iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular model cannot send SMS without an iPhone, see above
FYI: SMS piggy back on a voice line which the iPad Cellular lacks.
The iPad cellular part is for cellular data only.
An iPad Wi-Fi only model can use iMessage to any Apple devices.
If you also have an iPhone using the same Apple ID, you can also use your iPad Wi-Fi model to send SMS/MMS to any phone (Android or otherwise) via Continuity, read here => How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support
@brbo
iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular model cannot send SMS without an iPhone, see above
FYI: SMS piggy back on a voice line which the iPad Cellular lacks.
The iPad cellular part is for cellular data only.
Hi Wardts,
welcome to the Apple Community.
It seems only iPad models with Wi-Fi + Cellular can use Cellular text messaging.
However, you should be able to send text messages with Wi-Fi only in iMessage app..
Wondering:
which iPad model you are using,
which iOS is installed,
This article: "Set up Messages on iPad"
Says:
"In the Messages app,
"iMessage texts appear in blue bubbles, and SMS/MMS texts appear in green bubbles."
Complete article: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/ipad/ipad70482978/ipados
For more, try this article:
What is the difference between iMessage and SMS/MMS?
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT207006
Hope this helps you :-)
Oops. Thank you ckuan.
Grateful to know Wardts, now has all the info needed :-)
No worries.
Does an iPad accepts iMessages on a cellular?
