Re: [iPad] How to set up and use SMS/MMS relay to send and receive texts on your iPad | iMore

 

Like you, Linda, I want to use iMessages for everyone too but I have friends with iPhones that prefer WhatsApp.

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On Oct 22, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Linda McCann lmcarea51@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

I should have said "I have never found a way with Messages to send a text to a non-Apple user."  There are other apps you can use for texting from an iPad to a non-Apple user.  Hangouts is one, WhatsApp is another.  But for me, what I really wanted was to use Messages for everyone (Apple user or not), and could not get that to work.

Linda

On Oct 22, 2017, at 7:02 AM, 'Mary Leek' mleek@comcast.net [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Thank you for your helpful comment. Yes, this apparently seems to be the case here with me, too. What a bummer. I'd no idea I could not message everyone using the iPad. Not everyone in my family is strictly Apple. Have to give this some thought and do a bit of research. I may have to return the iPad and go with another brand.

 

Mary

 

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Subject: Re: [iPad] How to set up and use SMS/MMS relay to send and receive texts on your iPad | iMore

It appears that this method works only if you have both an iPhone and an iPad, because you need the iPhone to relay the non-Apple messages to the iPad. I only have an iPad, and have never found a way to send messages from my iPad to non-Apple users.

Linda



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