Type your Message and tap on the Send button (See above image). Next, tap on the Compose Message icon.ģ. On the New Message screen, enter the Phone Number or the Name of your Contact that you want to send the SMS to.Ĥ. Once your iPad is configured to send and receive SMS Text Messages, you will be able to send both iMessages and SMS Text Messages on your iPad.Ģ. Note: SMS Text Messages sent from iPad will be using your Messaging plan on iPhone (They are not free). Get the security code from your iPad, Enter that Security Code on your iPhone and tap on Allow (See image below)Īfter this, you are all setup to Send and Receive SMS Text Messages on your iPad. Next, you will see a popup asking you to Enter a Security Code from your iPad.Ħ. On the next Screen, move the slider next to iPad to ON position (See image below).ĥ. On the Messages screen, tap on Text Message Forwarding.Ĥ. On the Settings screen, tap on Messages.ģ. Now open your iPhone and follow the steps below.Ģ. Note: You may be prompted to enter your iCloud Email Address and Password. On the Messages screen, make sure that iMessage is set to ON position. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Messages.ģ. From the Home screen of your iPad, tap on Settings.Ģ. Once you have fulfilled the above pre-requisites, you can follow the steps below to set up your iPad to send and receive SMS Text Messages.ġ. Setup iPad to Send and Receive SMS Text Messages Note: iPhone and iPad can be on the same or separate WiFi networks they just need to be able to connect to Apple’s servers. You need to be logged into your iCloud Account, both on iPhone and iPad using the same Apple ID.

Both iPhone and iPad need to be connected to the internet.ģ. In order to send SMS Text Messages from an iPad you will need the following.Ģ. Pre-requisites For Sending SMS Text Messages From iPad Luckily, there is a workaround to send and receive SMS Text Messages on iPad using the Continuity Feature in Apple devices. Since, iPad does not have a SIM card, the Messages App on iPad will only be able to send iMessages to Apple device users and it won’t be able to send SMS Messages to non Apple device users.

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