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IPad Air IMessage doesn’t sync with iMessage on IPhone 13

The settings are the same on both the IPad and iPhone.


I have turned off the IMessage service on each device and rebooted both.


Imessage works fine on iPhone 13 but is wonky on the IPad.


Suggestions?

iPad Air Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 19, 2021 11:49 AM

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Posted on Oct 19, 2021 2:11 PM

The iPad cannot send MMS/SMS messages direct and required the iPhone to forward them.

See the Apple document on this.


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

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IPad Air IMessage doesn’t sync with iMessage on IPhone 13

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