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Texting android devices

My iPad won’t text an android device. I tried the previous instructions without success. Any other ideas? Should the android be set in a special way?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Aug 25, 2022 06:07 PM

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Johnathan Burger

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Posted on Aug 25, 2022 06:20 PM

Ipads are data only devices.

They can't send SMS.

To use SMS, you have to have an iPhone.

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support

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Johnathan Burger

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Aug 25, 2022 06:20 PM in response to rsimon

Ipads are data only devices.

They can't send SMS.

To use SMS, you have to have an iPhone.

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support

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