Messages green
When I text myself, my messages are green. How do I fix this? I’ve tried to press send and receive in settings, and it’s still not turning blue.
iPhone XR, iOS 16
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Hey there naima279,
In order to have the messages appearing as blue, you'll want to make sure iMessage is enabled. Use the steps below to help get this set up:
Signing in to iMessage keeps your messages up to date and available wherever you're signed in, and it backs up all the messages that you send and receive on iPhone. When you communicate with others using iMessage, you can use more apps and features, like collaboration, read receipts, undo send, audio messages, Memoji, Animoji, and more.
1. Go to Settings> Messages, then turn on iMessage.
2. To select the phone numbers and email addresses you want to use with iMessage, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive, then choose from the available options below “You can receive iMessages to and reply from.”
You can see all the messages you send and receive on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID and have iMessage turned on.
Set up Messages on iPhone - Apple Support
If you run into any errors when trying to set up iMessage, continue with the resource below to resolve this issue:
If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
Take care!