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Text vs iMessage

Why is my iPhone sending text messages instead of iMessage to other iPhones

Posted on Mar 8, 2023 12:46 PM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2023 1:15 PM

If the iPhones you send messages to have not activated iMessages, you will send normal text messages.

You can also check yourself whether iMessages are activated on your iPhone:

Settings → Messages → enable iMessages

You can find more useful information here:

If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

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