When I send a text from my ipad it shows that it came from my Gmail address instead of my phone number. When I try to change that through Messages>Send & Receive my phone number is selected , though it is gray instead of black. No email address is selected and yet messages are received from the Gmail address
Do you have an iPhone - or just an iPad? If exchanging messages with Android or non-Apple devices, you’ll need to use Cellular SMS/MMS messaging.
An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or SMS/MMS Messaging features. An iPad with either WiFi or Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. If you have added an eSIM or physical DataSIM and Cellular plan to a WiFi+Cellular model of iPad, the number associated with the SIM card is only used to identify your account for billing purposes. This number is not used for making calls or sending messages.
However, when paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features.
More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:
Continuity
Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch – Apple Support
SMS/MMS Messaging
If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...
On your iPhone:
Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.
Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:
Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON
If you don't have an iPhone - your iPad will instead use the iMessage service to exchange messages with other Apple Users. To do so, iMessage will use an email address to identify you as the sender:
Settings > Apps > Messages > Send & Receive >
Do you have an iPhone - or just an iPad? If exchanging messages with Android or non-Apple devices, you’ll need to use Cellular SMS/MMS messaging.
An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or SMS/MMS Messaging features. An iPad with either WiFi or Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. If you have added an eSIM or physical DataSIM and Cellular plan to a WiFi+Cellular model of iPad, the number associated with the SIM card is only used to identify your account for billing purposes. This number is not used for making calls or sending messages.
However, when paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features.
More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:
Continuity
Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch – Apple Support
SMS/MMS Messaging
If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...
On your iPhone:
Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.
Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:
Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON
If you don't have an iPhone - your iPad will instead use the iMessage service to exchange messages with other Apple Users. To do so, iMessage will use an email address to identify you as the sender:
Settings > Apps > Messages > Send & Receive >
iPad's don't send traditional messages from phone numbers like phones do.
They send iMessages using your Apple Account. If your Apple Account is using your gmail address as its primary email address the that's where its sent from.
If there is a paired iPhone nearby, then it can use the iPhone. to send an SMS text message from the iPhone's number. Forward text messages from your iPhone to other devices - Apple Support
Whatever shows up on other devices that get the message depends on how the contact for the email or phone is stored there. It has nothing to do with how you send the message.
What about it?
As was said, ihe iPad will send messages from the Apple Account (iCloud) that used for Message in Settings ➜ Apps ➜ Messages ➜ Send & Receive.
If that is the gmail address, then it will send the message as coming from the Apple Account using that email address.
If won't send an email from Gmail if that is what you are asking.
Since ipads dont have accessibility to have its OWN phone number access, all you gotta do to fix it is either use your iphone (the reason it’s coming through gmail is you’ve either signed in as yourname@gmail.com)
Hope that helps!
What if the Gmail account was what was originally used to create an iCloud account?
iPad Messages sent from Gmail, not phone number
