How To Register A Phone Number With Imessage On Ipad Air
Currently imessage doesn t recognise these numbers as a imessage compatible numbers and i have to rely on using the e mail addresses which most of the time prove to be problematic.
How to register a phone number with imessage on ipad air. You might need to wait a moment for it to activate. Go to settings facetime option to open the you can be reached at section to select your phone number and apple id. In the you can receive imessages section make sure that your phone number and apple id are selected. If you have an iphone attached to your apple id you should see the phone number listed here. Texts you send and receive using imessage don t count against your sms mms allowances in your cellular messaging plan but cellular data rates may apply.
View 1 replies ipad 2. I was wondering if there is a way to use my cell phone number on imessage on my ipad 2. I know there is a feature which allows me to send imessages from my ipad using my phone number but am unable to find it. Then on your other ios devices ipad and ipod you could now turn on the phone number that you just set up. In the messages app you can send text messages as sms mms messages through your cellular service or with imessage over wi fi or cellular service to people who use iphone ipad ipod touch or a mac.
Please ensure that your phone number and your apple id is selected in the you can be reached section. Set up your phone number. Tap the heading that reads send receive just below the send read receipts setting. The catch however is that you can t actually set an arbitrary phone number on these devices it has to be registered from an actual iphone. Using cell phone number on imessage.
Make sure that your apple id and your phone number is selected in settings messages send receive. Your friend is somewhat correct in that apple did add the ability to use phone numbers for imessage and facetime on non iphone devices such as the ipod touch. Go to settings messages and make sure that imessage is on. The next screen will let you set up the addresses people can contact you at using imessage. Set up messages on ipad.
There are two sections here. 1 you can be reached section and 2 and start new conversations section.