Can't send photos to Android & texts fail

JazzJunkie wrote:

I thought the issues with texting non iPhone users were recently resolved-? Most attempts to text non iPhone require multiple attempts.

Attempts to include a photo in text messages to non iPhone users fail consistently.

Why is this simple task still an issue? I have to resort to WhatsApp to send photos.

I do have enabled send SMS when iMessage not available.

And I also want to send SECURE messages to Android users.

iOS 17.6.1 - iPhone 14 Pro

This simple task SMS and MMS isn't an Apple feature, but a feature that you pay monthly to your cell phone provider, you should be asking them why it doesn't work.

I have no issues sending either text or images to my Android friends. Why do you assume no one can? You may be referring to RCS which is included in the soon to be released iOS 18. RCS is a carrier based texting and multi-media protocol pushed by Google that expands the existing SMS and MMS with better image quality, end-to-end encryption, etc. Your texts to Android users will still be green and of course your Android friends must also have RCS capability on their devices.

You say you have SMS enabled but you also have MMS enabled as well. MMS is of course how you send images through the cellular network.

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