iMessage lets you send more than just text, images, and video. You can also send contact cards, voice memos, map locations, and more. You do have to go to other apps to fetch the information you want to send, but once you’re there, the Share Sheet makes it easy.
How to share a contact card via iMessages using the Contacts app on iPhone and iPad
Sharing contact information with friends has never been easier than with iMessage.
- Launch the Contacts app. On the iPhone you can alternately use the Phone app if you’d prefer.
- Find and tap the Contact you’d like to share.
Now tap on Share Contact towards the bottom.
Now tap Send.
You’ve successfully sent a contact with iMessage! Way more efficient than copying and pasting a phone number, eh?
How to send and share location with iMessage for iPhone and iPad
iMessage integration with the Maps app means that not only can you send a map of a specific location to anyone in your contacts, but you can also send your current location or have your location sent to your contacts for a period of time. It’s a feature that might come in handy if you’re trying to meet up with friends at a festival or when traveling through an unfamiliar city.
How to send your current location with iMessage for iPhone and iPad
If a friend or family member is coming to meet you, you might want to send your current location so they can quickly and easily get to exactly where you are.
- Launch the Messages app.
- Tap on the conversation in which you’d like to send your location.
- Tap on the Infomation button in the upper right-hand corner.
Tap on Send My Current Location.
The person on the other end will be able to see where you are and even tap to get directions.
How to share your location with iMessage for iPhone and iPad
Sometimes you’ll want to share your up-to-the-minute location with friends or family members for an hour, for a day, or even forever. Maybe you’re meeting somewhere for dinner or an event, maybe you’re at a theme park together, maybe you just want to make sure you’re loved ones are safe. Regardless, it’s easy to do.
- Launch the Messages app.
- Tap on the conversation in which you’d like to share your location. It can be with an individual person or with a group, as long as everyone in it is using iMessage.
Tap on the Information button in the upper right-hand corner.
Choose the duration for which you’d like to share your location.
iMessage will then set up a temporary or permanent Find my Friends session, and you’ll be able to see each other wherever you go!
How to send any location from the Maps app with iMessage
If you’ve just looked up a location in Maps for iPhone or iPad — a great place to eat or fun place to meet — and want to share it with someone else, you can send it right over with iMessage.
- Launch the Maps app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Find the location you’d like to share. If you’d like to share your current location, just tap on the location arrow in order to locate yourself.
- Swipe up on the bottom of the screen.
Tap on the Share button.
Tap Send.
How to send a voice memo through iMessage on iPhone and iPad
The built-in Voice Memo app can be handy for recording lengthy thoughts or instructions, and iMessage is a great way to share them.
- Launch the Voice Memo app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap on the voice memo you’d like to send in order to expand it.
Tap on the Share button.
Tap on the Send button.
Once received, the Voice Memo will play like any standard Apple audio file.
Updated July 2018: All the steps are the same for iOS 12.
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We’ve all gotten that text from a friend asking for another mutual friend’s number. You could jump into your contacts list and try to remember the number, but it’s a lot easier to just share the other person’s contact card. A couple of extra taps and boom—that person will be in your recipient’s contacts, too.
On iOS, sharing contacts is a pretty simple task. First, fire up the contacts app.
From there, navigate to the contact you need to share, either by scrolling through the list or searching for the name.
Tap on the contact to open their info page. At the bottom, there’s a button to “Share Contact.” Tap it.
A few options show up here, including AirDrop and various messaging options like Messages and Mail. Pick whichever one works best for you, but we’re going to just share it in a text message.
It will automatically attach the contact card to a message—just input who’d you’d like to send the message to, and away you go.
From there, they can tap the contact’s name to see their info and even add them to their address book. How easy was that?
Whether you use your iPhone primarily for work or personal business, you will eventually build up a contact list. Occasionally one of your contacts will need to contact another one of your contacts, and you might elect to simply find that person’s phone number and copy and paste it into a text message.
But your iPhone has built-in functionality that allows you to send the full contact information stored on your device to another person via text message. This information is sent as a vcard, and the recipient can simply tap the contact button that you send and add that person as a contact.
Send a Contact Through Messages on the iPhone
These steps were performed on an iPhone 5, in iOS 8. The method is similar in earlier versions of iOS, but the screens in the images below may look different.
You can visit Apple’s support site here to learn more about iCloud contacts.
Step 1: Open the Phone app.
Step 2: Select the Contacts option at the bottom of the screen.
Step 3: Select the contact that you want to share via message.
Step 4: Scroll to the bottom of the contact and select the Share Contact option.
Step 5: Tap the Message option.
Step 6: Enter the phone number or name of the person with whom you want to share the contact into the To field at the top of the screen, then touch the Send button.
Have you ever wondered why some of your text messages are green and some are blue? Read here to learn why this happens, and what the difference is between the two types of messages.
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You can send contact details (also known as a contact card) via text or email directly from the Contacts app in your iPhone. Do you often find yourself typing out phone numbers or addresses into a text when you need to share one contact’s information with another contact? Well, you’ll be happy to hear that there’s a much easier way to share contact information on your iPhone—and it doesn’t involve copying and pasting or tediously typing it out.
How to Send a Contact from Your iPhone
We’ve gone over how to create a contact group, how to search contacts on your iPhone, and how to add a contact on your iPhone. For more tips about the Contacts app and Phone app, check out our free Tip of the Day. When you add people to your contacts, a contact card is automatically created on your iPhone for each contact so that all of the contact’s information is grouped into one place. This makes it simple to share a contact on your iPhone using a few steps.
Here’s how to send contact information using the Contacts app on your iPhone:
- First, go to Contacts.
- Tap the contact whose information you wish to share.
Choose a recipient and tap Send.
Pro tip: you can customize your share sheet to prioritize your favorite contacts and apps!
Now you know how to send contact information to recipients using the contact card on your phone! Sharing iPhone contacts has never been easier.
“Can you send me his contact details?” You have probably heard it before. It would be convenient if you could simply select the contact from your iPhone and send the information out via SMS, but Apple’s iPhone does not include such a feature. Fortunately, somebody else noticed this absence, and developed an app to satisfy such requests. The “Contact Sender” app allows you to easily select one contact and send it to another.
Step 1
Navigate to iTunes from your iPhone and tap “free” next to the app “Contact Sender” (see Resources). You will be asked to enter your account details before the app is downloaded and installed to your iPhone.
Step 2
Tap the “Contact Sender” app, and tap “Select Contact to Send.”
Step 3
Tap the contact from the list. This will be the contact information you wish to send out.
Step 4
Tap the “To” contact, which is where the information is to be sent.
Step 5
Tap “Send” to send the contact information.
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Cell phones have made it easier to get phone numbers and contact information from friends quickly and easily. And, if you’re anything like me, cell phones have made it unnecessary to remember any phone numbers because all you need to do to call someone is click on their name. But when you’re trying to share a person’s contact information with someone else, it’s a whole other situation. You have to look at the numbers, address, etc., remember it, and type it into a message. This tip will help make sending a contact card much easier and faster with iMessage or SMS texting.
How To Share A Contact Card From An iPhone Using iMessage
With your iPhone, you can send a contact card through either iMessage or SMS, which means the recipient can be another iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac user or any other kind of smartphone user.
- Launch the Phone app from the Home screen
- Tap on the Contacts tab
- Search through your contacts to find the one you want to share and tap on their name
- Scroll to the bottom of the contact and tap the Share Contact button
- Select the Message option
- The contact card will automatically be inserted into a blank message
- Select the recipient you want to send the contact to in the To field
- Tap send.
How To Share A Contact Card From An iPad Or iPod Touch Using iMessage
Using an iPad or iPod touch to share a contact means that you can only share with another iMessage user.
- Launch the Phone app from your iPad or iPod touch Home screen
- Tap on the Contacts tab
- Find the contact you want to share and tap their name
- Scroll to the bottom of the contact and tap the Share Contact button
- Select the Message option — the iPad or iPod touch will automatically insert the contact into a blank message
- Select the recipient you want to send the contact to in the To field
- iOS will verify that the recipient is using iMessage
- If they are, their name will show up blue and you can tap the Send button
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Your iPhone makes it really easy to add, delete, manage and share your iPhone contacts with others. In this post we are providing the steps to share iPhone contacts as a vCard attachment, sent via an email.
You will find this little tip useful whenever you come across the need to share the contact details of one of your iPhone contacts with anyone who wants to get in touch with this contact of yours.
While you can always dictate the contact details over a phone, sending contact details as a vCard attachment via an email is more convenient and cuts down the chances of errors and information being lost.
When the recipient of your email opens the vCard attachment (.vcf file), a contact form will open, neatly displaying the contact information.
Share iPhone Contacts Via Email
Follow the steps below to share an iPhone contact via email with anyone who needs to get in touch with this contact of yours.
1. From the home screen of your iPhone, tap on the Phone icon.
2. Tap on the Contacts tab located at the bottom of the screen (See image below)
3. On the next screen, select the contact that you want to transfer to an email.
4. On the contacts page, tap on Share Contact (See image below)
5. Next, tap on the Mail icon to share the contact via email.
6. Once you tap on the email option, the email app will open a new email screen with the details of the contact transferred to this new email as a vCard attachment (.vdf file) – See image below.
Type in an appropriate subject line, select the email address that you want to send the email to and press Send .
Similarly, you can also share your iPhone contact using text message and other apps. You need to tap on the More tab to see the list of other apps that can share this contact with others.
Sending contacts from an iPhone is very easy, and all data about the contact, from name, phone number, picture, email, URL, etc, can be exported as an inclusive vCard bundle and sent to someone else by email or text message.
While we’ll focus on sending contacts between iPhones, these vCards are also usable by other smartphones, iOS devices, Macs, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, and even Blackberry phones, because the exported VCF format is pretty much universally accepted across all platforms as an address book standard.
How to Send Contacts from iPhone to Someone Else’s Phone
This is by far the quickest way to share and transfer a contact from one iPhone to another iPhone, smartphone, person, or computer of any sort. Everything is handled in iOS natively:
- Launch the “Phone” app and tap on “Contacts”
- Navigate to the contact you want to share and tap on their name
Depending on the choice of sharing method, either the Mail or Messages app will open and contain the selected contact in a preformatted message.
If you choose Messages, the recipient will either need SMS service or iMessages enabled. From here you choose the recipient of the contact as if you were sending a standard email or text message and click send as usual.
This works exactly the same on all versions of iOS, it may look slightly different with some versions compared to other, but the feature is the same and the ability to share, send, and receive contact data from iPhone is always there.
For some more information, the vCard format is not proprietary to Apple and the iPhone, these documents are widely considered the standard for virtual business cards, and should work on virtually any modern communication device, be it a smartphone, tablet, or PC. Obviously the standardization makes it much easier than manually typing out name, phone numbers, emails, and whatever else, so get in the habit of using the iPhones vCard sharing system and you’ll thank yourself later.
Importing & Using the Sent Contact Data
For the user on the receiving end, if someone sends you a contact and you want to add it to your phone, it is quite simple.
All you need to do is tap on the contact name vCard (.vcf) to see a preview of the information contained within (name, phone, address, etc), and then the iPhone/iOS user can choose to tap either “Create New Contact” to make a new address book entry for that individual, or select “Add to Existing Contact” to add the vcard data to an existing address book entry.
Though these adding instructions are specifically for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you will find the importing process of VCF data is practically the same on an Android or Windows device as well. That’s because the VCF contact card format is universally supported, and each platform uses it for contact sharing.
This is really the easiest possible way to share contacts and contact information between iPhones, but if you know of another method or one you think is faster or better, then feel free to share it in the comments below!
Sharing a contact from your address book is simple on an iPhone using iMessage or WhatsApp. Just follow these simple steps to learn how.
WhatsApp, and to a lesser extent, iMessage, are two of my favorite communication platforms for the iPhone. This means I try my best to make sure I have all of my contacts synced and up-to-date between the apps on my device. But sometimes, a contact is missing and if someone else (such as my wife) has the contact on her phone, we use the following process to share the contact between us.
Share Phone Contacts Via The iMessage Or WhatsApp Interface
Both iMessage and WhatsApp have very similar methods for sharing contacts. But I will start with iMessage.
Share Phone Contacts In Your iOS Address Book Via iMessage
So I hear there’s this guy called Mark O’Neill and he is a REALLY interesting guy to talk to. So I’m going to send over the contact details so I can talk to myself. Talking to myself is good. It’s the only way I can be sure of an intelligent conversation after all!
To send the contact, have the sender open the contact in the iOS address book or Contacts App. Scroll down to the bottom of the contact and choose Share Contact.
When the sharing menu opens, choose Message — this is probably the easiest method since it will SMS text or iMessage the contact.
Once the SMS chat window opens, it will be pre-populated with the contact details inside a blue box. Simply address the text message, add a comment in the box with the contact (if you want) then click the blue upwards arrow to send it.
Since I both sent the contact and received it, it appears twice in the screenshot below. Normally, however, it will just appear once on the receiver’s device. Tap once on the blue speech bubble window containing the contact and you will see the contact’s details listed.
Scroll to the bottom and tap Create New Contact if it’s a brand new contact or tap Add to Existing Contact if you’re just adding additional info to an existing contact.
You will now see a new entry in your iOS address book, pre-populated with the contact’s details. Feel free to edit the details if necessary, and when everything looks good, tap Done. The entry will now be saved to your iOS Contacts.
Share Phone Contacts In Your iOS Address Book Via WhatsApp
As I said previously, sharing a contact via WhatsApp is very similar. When you get to step two above, choose WhatsApp instead of Message.
Alternatively, you can share a contact from inside WhatsApp without leaving the app. Just tick the “+” icon next to the speech box, and in the pop-up menu, choose Contact.
Whatever method you use in WhatsApp, your contacts list will now appear. Scroll down and find the required contact. Then tap the circle to the right of it. A blue tick will now appear and the avatar of the contact will appear at the top.
Click Done and the contact details will appear in a WhatsApp chat window, ready to send.
Conclusion
Sharing contacts is one of those things where it’s fast and easy to do if you know where to look. A lot of people I know have no idea this function even exists and instead spend time manually typing in new contacts. Although that works, it’s much slower and increases the likelihood of mistakes.
What about you? Is this a new tip? We would love to hear from our readers on this tip and any other tips you use all the time on your mobile devices!
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Group messaging is a useful tool for business owners, especially if they need to disseminate data quickly to team members who may not be centrally located in an office. A text message distribution list is an easy way to send a message that is distributed immediately to all recipients. To send group messages, the iPhone’s group message setting must be enabled. You can send three types of group messages that might alter some of the recipient’s received data. Understand these groups types when creating an iPhone distribution list.
Types of Group Messages
There are three types of group messages that you can create and use on your iPhone: group iMessage, group MMS, and group SMS. Using iMessage is received as an iMessage unless the recipient is not using an iPhone. If the recipients use an Android device, the message is received as either an MMS or SMS text depending on their phone settings.
A group Message is protected with encryption, making it a safer message to send for work-related information. This group type sends the most dynamic messages with effects, animations and bubbles along with standard text and image data transfer. This group style also allows you to share a location if you need to get people to a specific place for a meeting or event. It is indicated by a blue bubble when you send a text.
The Group MMS has a green text bubble when you send the message. It goes through a carrier such as Verizon or AT&T instead of Apple. Everyone can send and receive photos, see group responses and mute notifications. The Group SMS also appears in green bubble texts that are sent via carriers and not Apple. This simple text system doesn’t support photos, images or any other animation or graphic.
Enable Messaging Settings
Before you can send a group text, check to see if your phone settings are properly enabled. Download the latest version of iOS for your phone. Tap the “Settings” icon and scroll down and tap “Messages.” The iPhone 7, 8 and X have a list of features to enable. The first is iMessage. Make sure iMessage, MMS Messaging and Group Messaging are enabled; otherwise, the message defaults to the limited Group SMS messaging. Once you make the changes, close out of the Settings app.
Send Group Text Message
Open the Message app. In the top right corner is a paper and pencil icon. Select this to start a new text message, enter the name or phone number of each recipient or add them using the + icon locating recipients via your contacts. Once you have everyone listed in the address bar, you are ready to send a message to the group. Type your message and send as you would any other text.
Responding in iOS 10 allows you to double-tap on a specific text reply from someone in the group and reply to that specific message to keep thoughts organized. You can also name the group to locate it easily in your message list or search bar. While in the message, tap the information icon to see the list of all the contacts who are sent the message.
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In the latest iOS, Apple made the iMessage service more powerful and many features were added such as Stickers app, Screen effects like a balloon, fireworks, Secret messages as invisible ink, handwriting, and many more. Even though do you know how to send a text message to Multiple Contacts on iPhone? here explain to you how to do that step by step. In addition, this group message feature is included in the official message App hence; you do not need any third-party apps. The Better Way is to send group invitations while any occasion in your family, an event, and to share the announcement at a time to multiple people in your contact address book.
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Following steps though you can send a text message to multiple people on iPhone and run all the latest iOS.
Ultimate Steps To Send a Text message to Multiple Contacts on iPhone
- Step #1. Lunch Message App from your iPhone Home Screen.
- Step #2. Tap on the new Composition button appear in the top-right side Corner on the screen.
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- Step #3. Next up, you will have to Tap into the ‘TO’ filed and enter the first contact, then tap the (+) plus button and add other recipients from the contact address book one by one.
- Step #4. You can add multiple contacts from the iPhone as you would like, and you can even enter new phone number here also.
- Step #5. Now type and send your group text message as usual. Apple’s iOS has two mechanism iMessage and SMS/MMS. Hence, it will send as a Group iMessage (blue color bubble) or Group SMS text message (Green Color bubble), depending on the recipient contacts service.
How to Forward Text Message to Multiple Contacts on iPhone and iPad
We can also quickly forward any of a text message to multiple contacts that are saved on your phone app. To do that follow the below, steps.
- Tap & hold on a text message that we forward to multiple contacts.
- Next, Tap on More option in the bottom popup menu.
- Then, Find out Forward (Round arrow point at the bottom right corner of the screen)
- Add New contacts one by one and send it.
- it’s done.
In addition, you can also create a group name.
I hope, you would be familiar with Apple iMessage that is a free service between Apple iOS devices. If you send a message to other iMessage recipients then you will not have to pay anything. While text message (SMS) charge is to be depends on your iPhone carrier network.
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WhatsApp’s click to chat feature allows you to begin a chat with someone without having their phone number saved in your phone’s address book. As long as you know this person’s phone number and they have an active WhatsApp account, you can create a link that will allow you to start a chat with them. By clicking the link, a chat with the person automatically opens. Click to chat works on both your phone and WhatsApp Web.
Create your own link
Use where the is a full phone number in international format. Omit any zeroes, brackets, or dashes when adding the phone number in international format.
Examples:
Use:
Don’t use: (XXX)XXXXXXX
Create your own link with a pre-filled message
The pre-filled message will automatically appear in the text field of a chat. Use where whatsappphonenumber is a full phone number in international format and urlencodedtext is the URL-encoded pre-filled message.
Example:
To create a link with just a pre-filled message, use
Example:
After clicking on the link, you’ll be shown a list of contacts you can send your message to.
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What to Know
- iCloud Messages: Go to Settings >Your Name >iCloud and toggle on Messages. Log in to the account on a new phone to see your messages.
- Or, go to Settings >Your Name >iCloud >iCloud Backup >Backup Now. In the new phone setup, tap Restore from backup.
- Or, connect iPhone to computer, find it via Finder (Mac) or iTunes (PC), click Back Up Now. Set up a new phone and tap Restore from backup.
This article explains how to transfer your text messages and iMessage from your iPhone to a new iPhone. Instructions cover Apple’s Messages texting app that comes pre-installed on the iPhone. It does not cover third-party texting apps, such as WhatsApp.
How to Transfer Text Messages from iPhone to iPhone With Messages in iCloud
Perhaps the simplest way to transfer text messages from iPhone to iPhone is to use Messages in iCloud. This iCloud feature was introduced in iOS 11.4. When you enable it, it works just like iCloud syncing does for other data: you upload content to iCloud and then all other devices signed in to the same account download messages from iCloud. Pretty simple—and it covers both standard SMS texts and iMessages. Here’s what to do:
On your current iPhone, tap Settings to open it.
You may prefer to be connected to Wi-Fi, since uploading your messages will likely be faster. But, in a pinch, uploading over a cellular network is OK, too.
Tap iCloud.
Move the Messages slider to on/green. This starts the process of backing up your messages to your iCloud account.
On the new phone that you want to transfer the messages to, log into the same iCloud account and follow the same steps to enable Messages in iCloud. The new phone will automatically download the texts from iCloud.
How to Move Text Messages to Your New iPhone Using an iCloud Backup
If you don’t want to use Messages in iCloud (because you’ve got an older phone, don’t want your texts saved in the cloud, you don’t want to pay for extra iCloud storage, etc.), you can transfer messages from iPhone to iPhone via restoring from backup. Here’s what to do:
On your current iPhone, tap Settings.
Tap iCloud.
Tap iCloud Backup.
Move the iCloud Backup slider to on/green.
Tap Back Up Now to start backing up right away. How long this takes depends on how much data you have to back up. Depending on the backup size, you may also need to upgrade your iCloud storage.
If you don’t do this, backups happen automatically when your phone is plugged into power, connected to Wi-Fi, and has its screen locked.
When the backup is complete, start setting up your new iPhone. In the step where you’re asked to decide how to set it up, choose to restore from backup. Choose the iCloud backup you just made and all of your backed-up data, including your messages, will be downloaded to the new iPhone.
How to Move Text Messages to Your New iPhone Using a Mac or PC
Prefer not to back up to iCloud, but still need to transfer messages to a new iPhone? Use the trusty old method of backing up your data to a Mac or PC. Here’s how:
The Mac instructions apply to computers with macOS Catalina (10.15) and newer. For older versions, the instructions are largely the same except that you use iTunes instead of the Finder to back up.
Connect your current iPhone to your Mac or PC.
Open a new Finder window (on a Mac) or iTunes (on a PC). If you’re on a PC, skip to step 5.
If you’re using a PC and iTunes, iTunes should automatically back up your iPhone as soon as it’s connected.
Expand the Locations section of the left-hand sidebar, if it’s not already open. and click your iPhone.
In the iPhone management screen that appears, click Back Up Now.
When the backup is complete, start setting up your new iPhone. When you’re asked how to set it up, choose Restore from backup. Connect your iPhone to the computer you just used for the backup and then select the backup. All your backed-up data, including your messages, will be downloaded to the new iPhone.
- To schedule a text message on an iPhone, you’ll need a third-party app, like the Scheduled App.
- To set up recurring messages, you may be able to use the built-in Shortcuts app.
- You need iOS 13 or later to schedule texts via the Shortcuts app.
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The instant gratification of texting can be great, but sometimes you may want to wait until an appropriate time to send a message. Scheduling your text messages in advance can help.
If you have an iPhone, you can’t schedule texts from directly within iMessages. So you’ll need a third-party app to get it done. Though depending on what iPhone you have, you may be able to set up recurring messages using the built-in Shortcuts app.
Here’s what you should know about scheduling texts on an iPhone.
Schedule text messages on iPhone using a third-party app
These directions work for the Scheduled App:
1. Download the Scheduled app on your iPhone and go through the setup process.
2. During setup, opt for the paid Premium plan if you want to send your scheduled texts automatically, or choose the free version if you’d like to receive a reminder when it’s time to send your scheduled text.
3. On the Scheduled home screen, tap the plus + symbol at the bottom of the screen to create a new scheduled text.
4. Select what messaging platform you want to use at the top of the screen, then enter the recipient contact (or contacts — you can form a group for repeat texting) using the To field. You’ll have to allow the app to access your contacts list during this time if you didn’t already do so during the setup process.
5. Enter your text, add a photo if you wish, then tap Schedule date and select the time and date at which the message will be sent.
6. Don’t repeat is the default setting; to create a message that will be sent periodically, tap Repeat and select the appropriate option.
7. Tap the Reminder box if you’re using the free version of the app, or if you don’t want it to auto-send and would rather have a chance to send it yourself at the set time. Tap Send automatically if you have a Premium plan and want the app to do the sending.
8. Tap Schedule Message at the bottom of the screen, and you’re all set.
You can also use other apps to do this, like AutoSender and SMS Scheduler.
Schedule recurring messages on iPhone using Shortcuts
Important: This method sets up a recurring automation — not a one-time scheduled message. It only works if you’re running iOS 13 or newer. If the Shortcuts app is not already built in on your device, you can download it from the App Store.
1. Open the Shortcuts app.
2. Tap Automation, located at the bottom of the screen.
3. If this is your first automation, tap Create Personal Automations. Otherwise tap the plus symbol in the top-right corner of the screen, then choose Create Personal Automation.
4. Tap Time of Day and adjust it as necessary. Choose how often to repeat it, then tap Next.
5. Select Add Action.
6. Choose the contact to send your message to and tap Next.
7. Tap “Message” and type your desired message. Tap Next to continue.
8. Double-check your automation. You may want to deselect the Ask before running option. If everything looks good, tap Done.
Quick tip: If you only want your message to send once and not be recurring, then simply delete the automation after the message is sent. To delete an automation, swipe the name of the action to the left and tap Delete.
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If your iPhone won’t send text messages, these troubleshooting tips and fixes will get you back to texting fast.
Even if you’re not a fan of your smartphone, you probably use its most basic function of texting for communication. It can be frustrating when your text messages suddenly stop sending. This could be for a wide range of reasons: the wrong number or a poor network signal are just a few.
Regardless, it’s usually a quick fix to get your iPhone sending SMS or MMS messages again, so don’t start panicking just yet. Have a look at these potential fixes.
1. Check Your Network Signal
SMS and MMS messages send in green iPhone text bubbles while iMessages send in blue iPhone text bubbles. SMS and MMS require a cellphone network to send a text, and iMessage requires an internet connection through data or Wi-Fi. Be sure you are sending the right type of message.
Sometimes bad weather, internet hackers, or a rural location can affect your service connection. Try moving to an area with better reception if it’s weak or nonexistent. If you’re in an area that usually has a good signal, contact your mobile network operator.
2. Make Sure SMS and MMS Are On
When you message another contact with an Apple device, your iPhone sends it via iMessage by default.
Because iMessages sometimes fail to send, your iPhone might instead try sending SMS (Short Message Service) messages, even to other iPhone users. However, you need to switch this feature on in Settings for it to work.
- Go to Settings.
- Scroll down and tap Messages.
- Tap the Send as SMS slider so it moves into the green “on” position.
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Your iPhone can also send MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages. These are text messages that include some kind of media, such as images or video clips. You may need to enable these messages in Settings before you’re able to send them.
Here’s how you activate MMS messages:
- Go to Settings.
- Scroll down and select Messages.
- Hit the MMS Messaging toggle to set it to the green “on” position.
Take note, your personal cell plan may not cover MMS messaging. In which case, any text message sent with multimedia will fail to send.
3. Are You in Airplane Mode?
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Airplane mode prevents your iPhone from sending and receiving signals. This includes cellular and Wi-Fi signals, so you won’t be able to send or receive text messages. Because of this, you should make sure that you’ve turned off Airplane Mode before trying to send text messages.
You can do this by opening your iPhone’s Control Center and tapping the airplane symbol in the top left.
This symbol is grayed out whenever airplane mode is off. As a bonus, sometimes toggling Airplane Mode on and off can clear up temporary signal hiccups, too.
4. Did You Text the Right Number?
Sending text messages to inactive or unused numbers is a recipe for failure and frustration. When sending an SMS message, make sure you enter the correct number.
This should be no problem when you message a contact stored on your iPhone, but it can require care when entering a new number. So take your time when entering numbers.
If you continue to have trouble, contact your intended recipient by other means to confirm the number.
This last point is important. Sometimes, your contacts may change their numbers, or their mobile operator may disconnect them. The issue may be with someone else’s phone and not yours.
5. Refresh and Delete Your Messages
If your iPhone can’t send text messages, try closing the Messages app and opening it again. This isn’t the most scientific method, but some users report that it’s effective.
You can also try deleting any Messages conversations that contain failed texts.
Once again, it’s not obvious why this can be effective. Sometimes applications get lost or stuck trying to perform a certain action—like sending a text. Often, refreshing the app can clear out the action, allowing the app to once again function properly.
You can also delete conversations in Messages by doing the following:
- Launch Messages.
- Swipe left on the conversation you’d like to delete.
- Tap Delete, and tap again to confirm.
- Finally, press the New Message icon in the top-right corner of the Messages screen to give it another try.
In iOS 13, Apple allows you to create a standardized iMessage profile that includes your name and photo – or an Animoji/Memoji – to accompany the messages you send to friends so that they know who you are.
The idea behind the new feature is that contacts in the Messages app become more easily identifiable, similar to the way WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger contacts have recognizable profile pictures.
The difference in iOS 13 is that, thanks to Apple’s privacy-minded approach, you can control who sees your Messages profile. The steps below show you how.
- Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down and tap Messages.
Want to use a custom Memoji as your profile picture in Messages but don’t know where to start? Click here to learn how to create your own Memoji in iOS 13.
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If you use an iPhone, you might wonder why some of your text messages are in a blue bubble and others are in a green bubble. This isn’t for looks, it’s how Apple indicates you’re sending an SMS text message (green) or an iMessage (blue). We can help you figure out what these options are and how to use them.
What is an SMS message?
When we first started using cell phones, we could make phone calls and send messages over a cellular network. This type of message was called SMS, or Short Messaging Service text message. Back then, sending SMS messages was inconvenient—it required the painstaking task of inputting letters on a numeric keyboard. Then, smartphones came along with their onscreen keyboards, and texting quickly became a primary form of communication. Smartphones also brought us data, a connection to the Internet over that cellular network. The combination meant we could more easily send pictures, videos, and other data in our text messages, making them even more useful.
To send text messages, all you need is a text message plan with your cellular carrier. If you’re interested in unlimited texting, check out the latest Xfinity Mobile plans.
What is an iMessage?
iMessage is Apple’s own instant messaging service that sends messages over the Internet, using your data. They only work when you have an Internet connection. To send iMessages, you need a data plan, or you can send them over WiFi. If you use WiFi, there’s no cost, but if you use your cellphone’s data, it’s deducted from your data plan. Sending pictures or videos over iMessage can use a lot of data very quickly.
iMessage is located in the default messages app on your iPhone. This app is capable of sending both iMessage and SMS messages. iMessages are in blue and text messages are green.
iMessages only work between iPhones (and other Apple devices such as iPads). If you are using an iPhone and you send a message to a friend on Android, it will be sent as a SMS message and will be green. (This is true if just one person in a group message is on Android too.) If there is no available data network, messages to other iPhones will also be sent as SMS text messages, and you will be charged by your carrier, unless you have a message plan.
iMessage vs Text: which should I use?
iMessaging offers a lot of cool features SMS messaging doesn’t. With iMessage, you can share your location, send walkie-talkie style voice messages, get confirmation your message has been delivered, get read receipts, and see whether someone is replying to your message in real time (those animated little grey dots that show up underneath your message). More recent innovations in iMessage include being able to send stickers, animated GIFs, share music, and even send money using Apple Pay.
iMessage also syncs with your iCloud account, so if you lose your phone or get a new one, you can take your messages with you. (It’s possible to transfer your SMS messages too, but not as easily). Plus, if you have more than one Apple device, you can get your messages on your iMac, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Chances are, you’ll end up using both: iMessage with your iPhone friends and SMS messages with your Android friends. However, iMessage does use data, so if you are on a monthly data plan but have unlimited SMS text messages, you may want to stick with SMS.
Disable/enable iMessage
iMessage isn’t enabled by default on an iPhone, but when you first set up the phone, you have the option to switch it on.
Go to Settings and select Messages.
In the settings for Messages, toggle the iMessage switch. You’ll need your iCloud account username and password.
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- Saving data: If you’re concerned about data usage, but you still want to take advantage of iMessage’s features, save data by turning on “Low Quality Image Mode” in iMessage settings.
- International messaging: Because iMessage uses the Internet, you can message friends and family in other countries who have iPhones without the need for an international data plan.
- Access on tablets: You don’t have to have a phone number to use iMessage. Simply use an iCloud email address to send messages over WiFi. This is useful if you want to let your children “text” friends and family using an iPad, iPod, or old iPhone without signing up for a cellular data plan.
- Use with Androids: If you move from iPhone to Android devices, make sure to turn off iMessage. If you don’t, iMessages from iPhones won’t make it to your new Android phone.
Both iMessage and SMS messaging are excellent ways to communicate quickly and efficiently. Just keep in mind that SMS messaging is becoming an antiquated service, which may be obsolete in a few short years as cellular carriers focus on improving data connectivity. There are already so many ways we can communicate using our phones, including messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. As bandwidth expands and we’re all online all the time, Internet-connected message platforms will become the norm.
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While iMessage comes in handy most of the time, sometimes you’d rather send an SMS text message. You can achieve changing your bubble from blue to green manually, but it can also happen automatically under certain circumstances.
Here’s what you need to know.
How to send iMessage as text message from iPhone Settings
Before you can send texts, we’ll need to check your Settings.
- Head to Settings → Messages.
- Scroll down to Send as SMS and enable it.
Now that you have the option enabled, here’s how to send a text instead of an iMessage.
Send text as SMS instead of iMessage from Messages app
- Open the contact you want to send a text to.
- Type your message, then press the Send icon.
- Quickly tap and hold the message bubble that you just sent. A menu with a few different methods will populate.
- Select Send as Text Message and watch your bubble turn from blue to green. That’s how you know your message has been sent as an SMS text rather than an iMessage.
That’s all there is for how to send iMessages as text messages on iPhone. As far as automatically goes…
Send texts to a non-Apple user
If your recipient isn’t an Apple user (iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc.), they’ll receive text messages instead of iMessages by default. If the bubble is green, you’re good to go.
FAQs
There are a myriad of problems that come with just as many solutions for an iPhone that won’t send texts. These include restarting your iPhone, turning off text message forwarding, and so on.
To learn more about what you can do, read our article on the topic.
If you’re having problems with text notifications, we’ve got you covered there too.
We’ve created a guide to solving all of your potential iMessage notification problems. If you’re not getting notified about iMessages, we bet one of our solutions will do the trick.
Are you sending messages to non-Apple users? If you are, you’ll send text messages by default.
You cannot enable iMessage for non-Apple recipients. You can, however, use an iMessage alternative.
If your recipient is an Apple user and you’re still sending text messages, you should check your SMS settings as outlined in this article. You should also make sure that you have Wi-Fi or Cellular Data enabled, and a connection to either of the two.
Wrapping up…
Were you successful in figuring out how to send an iMessage as a text message? If so, well done. If not, let us know where you got caught up and we’ll do our best to help.
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A text message is also known as an SMS (short messaging service). You can send text messages to other mobile phones or landlines and your phone is automatically set up to send and receive them.
To find out how to send a text message, go to device support and select your phone.
The cost of sending a text message depends on which price plan you’re on. For details, check our price guide.
All our current Pay Monthly phone price plans and SIM price plans come with unlimited texts. If you’re on an older plan and you find you’re using up all the texts from your inclusive allowance, you can buy one of our text Add-ons. Add Text 75 will give you an extra 75 messages a month and Add Text 200 will give you an extra 200 messages a month. For Add-on prices, check our price guide.
Text delivery reports are currently charged at 1.2p per report. These delivery reports confirm whether the text messages that you send are delivered successfully. Learn how to switch delivery reports on or off by visiting our interactive guide and choosing your phone.
In some situations, your device will need to convert a text message into a different format. If your device says your text message is being changed to an MMS, it will be charged as a picture or video message and won’t be included in any free text allowance you have. This may happen if you:
- send a message that’s too long to send as a normal text message. This varies between devices and manufacturers, but most phones will let you know when you’ve gone over the text message limit
- send it to an email address. If you send it to multiple people and include one as an email address, the texts to all recipients will be charged as picture messages, because phones can’t send different types of message to recipients in the same batch. It’s easy to accidentally send to an email address if you’ve synchronised your contacts with a social network like Facebook, so you should check every time
- send a text message to a large number of contacts, on some devices
- enter a subject line
- attach anything to the text like pictures, music or other files
- include images in the message, like picture icons of smiley faces.
If you want to manage whether or not you spend money on numbers outside your allowance, find out how to control your spend.
Chargeable and premium-rate texts
Some texts are always chargeable, regardless of what plan you’re on. These include:
- premium-rate texts and short-codes – often used for entering competitions, buying ringtones, and voting on reality TV shows like the X Factor
- texts from the UK to an international number
Don’t forget, if you don’t want to spend extra on these texts you can block these numbers. Find out more about controlling your spend.
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Table of Contents
- Read Me First
- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Sync Photos and Videos across Devices
- Sync a Photo Library across Devices
- Send Photos and Videos to Others
- Broadcast and Share Photo Albums
- Choose a File Sharing Method
- Use OS X File Sharing
- Sync Files and Folders across Devices
- Sync Folders with Others
- Broadcast Download Links
- Send Files to Others
- Share Documents with Others
- Send Contacts to Others
- Sync Contacts across Devices
- Sync Contacts with Others
- Broadcast Calendar Events
- Sync Calendars and Reminders across Devices
- Sync Calendars and Reminders with Others
- Sync Email across Devices
- Share Optical Discs with Other Macs
- Share Printers on Your Local Network
- Share Your iOS Device’s Internet Connection
- Share Your Mac’s Internet Connection
- Broadcast and Share Your Mac’s Screen
- Broadcast Your iOS Device’s Screen
- Broadcast Audio from Your iOS Device
- Share iPhone Calls and Texts across Devices
- Broadcast Browser Tabs to Other Devices
- Sync Browser Bookmarks across Devices
- Send Web Links to Others
- Sync Passwords across Devices
- Sync Passwords with Others
- Use iCloud Family Sharing
- Broadcast and Share Games and Game Stats
- Send Radio Stations to Others
- Send iTunes Playlists to Others
- Broadcast an iTunes Library in Your Home
- Share Tasks among Devices with Handoff
- About This Book
- About the Author
- About the Publisher
- Copyright and Fine Print
Send Contacts to Others
Let’s say I’ve told you about a friend or business colleague and I want you to have that person’s contact information. I could, of course, copy the address, phone number, and other details into an email message or instant messaging app, but if that data is already in Contacts for OS X or iOS, I can send it all to you much more easily in a special format called a vCard, which the app will happily generate for me. (A vCard can hold information for one or more contacts.)
In this chapter, I talk about contact sending. That means any changes I make to the contact’s record won’t sync with you later on (if you want to do that, see Sync Contacts with Others), but either one of us could independently make changes to the record that would sync across our own devices (see Sync Contacts across Devices).
Export a vCard in OS X
The OS X Contacts app lets you create a vCard containing any number of contacts—for example, to share the details for everyone involved in a project.
Once you have the vCard, you can manually email it, send it as a Messages attachment, share a Dropbox link, or send it in any other way of your choosing.
If your goal is to send multiple contacts in a single vCard, this is the best way to do it:
- In Contacts, select one or more contacts.
- Chose File > Export > Export vCard.
- Choose a name and location for the exported card and click Save.
You can now send that file to someone else the same way you’d send any other file—see Send Files to Others. The recipient can open Contacts and choose File > Import to import the contacts.
Share My Card
The record in Contacts that contains your own information—sometimes called the “Me” card—can be exported and sent just like any other vCard. However, Contacts in OS X offers shortcuts—go to Card > Share My Card and choose Email My Card, Message My Card, or AirDrop My Card.
Sending vCards: All or Nothing
Sometimes I want to send someone a contact record, but not the whole thing. For example, I may feel comfortable sharing a contact’s phone number and email address but not her physical street address. Unfortunately, Contacts offers no way to export a vCard with only a portion of the contact’s information—it’s all or nothing.
One exception: your own card. In Contacts > Preferences > vCard, select Enable Private Me Card. Then open your card, click Edit, and deselect the Share checkbox on the right for each item you don’t want included in your own vCard.
You can also open a vCard in your favorite text editor (it’s just plain text) and delete the lines containing information you don’t want the recipient to see. But be careful—if you delete too much, the card may not import correctly.
Send a vCard in OS X
To send any individual contact entry as a vCard, first select the entry in Contacts and click the Share button in the lower-right corner. From the pop-up menu ①, choose one of these:
① In Contacts for OS X, click the Share button and choose an option from the pop-up menu.
- Email Card: Opens a new message in Mail with the vCard attached.
- Message Card: Opens a floating Messages window with the vCard attached—just enter the recipient’s name and click Send.
- AirDrop Card: Opens an AirDrop window with the vCard attached.
Note: Your Share menu may have more or fewer options than what you see here. Choose More to set which apps can add items to the menu—but note that not all are applicable to Contacts.
Send a vCard in iOS
Sending contacts from Contacts in iOS is almost the same as on the Mac, except that iOS lets you send only one contact at a time:
- In the iOS Contacts app, navigate to a contact record.
- Tap Share Contact to open a sheet ②.
② In Contacts for iOS, this is a portion of what you see after you tap Share Contact. The AirDrop area at the top shows any nearby devices with AirDrop enabled. Third-party apps can add new icons to the bottom.
- Tap:
- Message: A new message appears with the vCard attached—just enter the recipient’s name and tap Send.
- Mail: A Mail message opens in an overlay with the vCard attached.
- AirDrop area: Tap a user/device displayed in this area to send the vCard. (Not available on older iOS devices.)
Note: In iOS, third-party apps can also appear here as avenues for sharing.
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Media sent between iPhones looks pristine, but Android phones don’t get the same treatment
Text messaging is a lot more complicated than it used to be, especially when iPhones and Android devices are mixed together. Due to a few different factors, media attachments like photos and videos can end up degraded in quality when sent over text messages, depending on who the recipient is and what kind of phone they have.
If you’ve ever wondered why videos sent over text to/from an Android device don’t look as good as videos sent over iMessage, you’ve come to the right place. Here, we’ll explain why your memes and cute videos of pets look terrible when sent over SMS, and how to get around the problem.
Why your videos look terrible
Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS for short, is how phones send media content to other phones over text messages. It’s a standard that was created in the early 2000s — a time when the photo quality of most cell phones was only a few megapixels — so perhaps it’s not too surprising that smartphones have outgrown the technology.
MMS has a strict file size limit.
The main problem with MMS is that most carriers have an incredibly strict limit on the size of files that can be sent. For example, Verizon only allows images up to 1.2MB to be sent over text messages, and videos up to 3.5MB. AT&T is even stricter, only allowing videos up to 1MB in size. If an image or video is too large, it is compressed automatically.
You can see the difference in the below samples of my mom’s dog eating the lift cord on some window blinds. The first video is the original 54MB recording (only affected by YouTube’s own compression), while the second video is the downgraded 348KB version sent over AT&T.
By comparison, Apple’s iMessage platform has a less-restrictive file size limit — somewhere around 100MB. That’s why videos generally look better when sent from an iPhone to another iPhone, because the media never leaves Apple’s servers. Media sent from an iPhone to an Android device, or anything sent between Android devices, will typically use MMS instead.
How to work around the problem
There’s no fix that can improve videos sent over MMS, because the file size limits are enforced by carriers. However, there are workarounds that involve using different messaging protocols.
The easiest solution, in most cases, is to use a third-party messaging service that you and your recipients can agree on:
WhatsApp, the de-facto messaging standard in many parts of the world, will allow you to send videos up to 16MB big, but if you select to send videos as documents (by selecting “Document” instead of “Gallery” in the paper clip menu), you can go up to 100MB without further compression.
Telegram is another popular option for sending messages between phones, and it has an even higher limit of 1.5GB.
Skype is available on Android and iOS (as well as PCs), and allows files up to 300MB in size.
Signal has end-to-end encryption on all messages (if privacy is most important to you), and supports videos up to 100MB.
If the recipient already has Google Photos installed, you can also share backed up photos and videos to other people directly in the app. Just pick the desired video or photo from the Photos app, press the share button, and select one of your contacts (or create a link, then send that to the recipient).
One more option is to use Rich Communication Services, or RCS for short. It’s the intended replacement for MMS, with support for greater file sizes, and carriers are slowly all caving in to use Google’s implementation as the one unifying standard. Google Messages offers RCS functionality and is generally available to everyone who has a phone number in the United States and, by now, many parts of the rest of the world. But there are still loads of problems, with people continuing to run into issues with RCS on Google Messages.
Google’s Messages app is currently also experimenting with a new way to send images and videos via SMS/MMS by sidestepping these protocols and instead automatically creating a Google Photos link that the recepient can open, with the full media quality intact. Neat, but not ready for prime time just yet — just something to look forward to.
With big parts of the US still relying on text messages and MMS for communication, it’s a bummer that carriers just can’t seem to come together to offer a simple solution, even if they’d just up the draconian file size limits active for MMS. But in the current state of affairs, falling back on internet-based messaging platforms is the simplest and most logical thing to do.
You know the scenario. You need to get a message out to a lot of people—the baby’s here, bring your own beer, that sort of thing—but you don’t want to drag dozens of contacts into a spammy, reply-all messaging nightmare at the same time. No matter what your preferred communication app of choice, here’s how it’s done.
Sending messages from WhatsApp
If WhatsApp is your preferred messaging platform, you’re in luck, as it features a very handy option called Broadcast. This beams the same message to a selected mix of contacts, but keeps all those messages separate, and you can even save particular lists of people for particular occasions.
From the front screen of the app, tap the menu button then New broadcast. Pick your recipients, type your message, and you’re done—the message appears like a normal message in your regular conversation windows, and subsequent replies are kept private. The initial broadcast appears as a separate entry in your chat list, but the same message is duplicated in all the individual threads you’ve already got going with these contacts too.
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There is one caveat: You can only broadcast messages to people who have your number saved in their phone’s address book, otherwise they won’t be received. If broadcasts aren’t getting through, that might be the reason why.
Tapping on the new message icon (bottom right) and then picking New group is the option you want to avoid, assuming you don’t want to kick off a thread where everyone can see what everyone else is saying. If you get pulled into a group against your wishes, open the thread, tap the menu button (top right), then choose Group info and Exit group.
Sending messages from an iPhone
The Messages app on iOS handles group chats differently depending on whether the recipients of your communication are all using iMessage, or all using SMS, or a combination of the two. The only way to specifically avoid a group chat and force individual SMS messages to be sent out is to switch off both iMessage and MMS.
From Settings tap Messages, then toggle both iMessage and MMS Messaging to off (you lose all the advantages of iMessage, like end-to-end encryption, at the same time). You can then go back into the Messages app, and create a new message for multiple recipients without starting a group chat. Your initial message is kept in a separate conversation thread, but any replies get routed to individual chats instead.
Several apps can also help here, despite the restrictions iOS puts on third-party access. The best we’ve found is Reach , which works with iMessage or plain SMS, and can even personalize each message for you—you do have to press send for each message you want to push out (because of those restrictions we just mentioned), but it’s a lot more convenient than copy and paste, and means all your conversation threads stay organized.
To duck out of a group chat thread that you’ve found yourself pulled into in Messages for iOS, go into the thread and tap the information button (top right). Scroll down and tap Leave this Conversation and you’re out. If you don’t see the option, it means at least one of the participants isn’t using iMessage.
Sending messages from Android
The default Android Messages app for SMS actually handles group texts without creating a group chat—in other words, the default action is to ping people individually when you select multiple recipients for a message. Just tap the plus button (bottom right) on the front screen, then select the contacts, then type out your message—you won’t accidentally create a hot mess of a group chat.
As in Messages for iOS, the message you send out creates a new conversation thread, but the SMS is also duplicated in the threads you have with each individual contact, and any replies are kept in those one-to-one threads as well. It’s slightly cleaner than the way iOS does it but you’ll still see a group created in your list of chats (long press on the group SMS entry and tap the trash can icon if you want to get rid of it).
Plenty of third-party SMS apps will do the job for you on Android as well. Pulse SMS is one that’s caught our eye lately, and can make your texts available on multiple devices for a small fee (it’s free to use on your phone). Again, just tap the plus button to start a group text—like Android Messages, replies get sorted back into individual threads, though in this case the original text message isn’t copied over and sits in a thread on its own.
Chomp SMS is an old favorite too. Here you need to specify the mode you want to use before creating a group: Tap the menu button (top right), then Settings, then pick Group Chat Mode and choose SMS. The option you want in this case is Replies go only to you (SMS), otherwise you’ll create an MMS thread where replies go to everyone.
Sending messages from other apps
Not every app has a handy feature for sending one-to-many communications, so if you’re using something other than the apps we’ve already mentioned, you may have to take the traditional cut and paste route. Time consuming sure, but not too bad when you get into the rhythm of it, and only have a handful of people to message rather than a hundred.
In Facebook Messenger, for example, long press on a message then tap Copy. Back out of the current thread, dive into another one, then double-tap (iOS) or long press (Android) inside the message box and pick Paste from the pop-up menu.
This is the least convenient option of the lot but it’s certainly clean and tidy—it’s almost as if you typed out each message individually. All of your conversation threads stay intact and in order, and of course if anyone replies to one of your messages, those replies are kept private in their own threads.
Double-check in whatever app you’re using first though— our favorite encryption messaging app Signal always creates group chats for multiple recipients, whereas something like Viber has a broadcast feature just like WhatsApp.
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iOS 13 Messages Share your Name and Photo feature.
To be able to share your name and photo within Messages you have to make sure that you use your Apple ID in both iCloud and iMessage and that you are signed in in both apps. If you’re using your Apple ID in iCloud and your phone number in iMessages, this new feature can’t be activated. You’ll have to update the iMessages settings and use your Apple ID instead of the phone number as detailed below!
How To Setup Name And Photo in Messages
After you finish upgrading to iOS 13, simply open the Messages app and follow the steps described below:
1. On the Messages home screen, tap the icon with three blue dots, that’s available, at the top, on the right, next to the “New Message” icon.
2. Select “Choose Name and Photo”.
3. For Photo you can edit a custom photo or create a Memoji that represents you.
4. Select your Display Name and hit Continue.
5. Choose who will be able to see your new Name and Photo. You have two options: ‘Contacts Only’ or ‘Always Ask’. The first one will automatically share your updated name and photo data the next time you message someone from your contacts. The second options requires punctual access from your for every contact that you chat with.
How To Fix ‘Sharing Name and Photo Not Available’ Problem
If you’re following the steps described above and all of the sudden a pop up is displayed on the screen informing you that the feature isn’t available, don’t panic! Here is what you have to do in order to make it work. In most cases the problem arises when you’re not signed up in iCloud or iMessages, or when the iMessages account is different from the iCloud one.
1. Make sure that you signed up with your Apple ID in iCloud.
Open Settings and tap on the first Apple ID label. Make sure that you’re signed in with your current Apple ID.
2. Check the account set for iMesages
-> Open Settings and scroll for Messages
-> Tap on Send & Receive and make sure that you Use your Apple ID for iMessage and not your phone number.
3. Return to Messages and set up your Name and Photo for sharing.
Related: Want to find out more about iOS 13? Have you tried the built-in slide to type keyboard?
How to send text to multiple contacts without group message?
In times when everybody has at least three messengers, tons of emails, and accounts on social media it seems easy to reach to people. However, when we need to send text to multiple contacts without group message and make sure they read it, SMS is still the #1 way to send mass texts.
Recent research shows that SMS have the highest open rate comparing to emails and messengers. It happens because to see a message on WhatsApp or Telegram people must open the app, while SMS just strike them, and there’s no way out but to see it.
Say you want to notify your customers that your shop starts a massive sale. Emails will likely end up in the spam folder. Group SMS is not an option because it shows your customer that they are not the only one who received it. Everybody wants to feel important so what you need is to personalize those texts. So how to send text to multiple contacts without group message?
Introducing Hit Em Up App
Hit Em Up is an app for iOS for send text messages to multiple contacts without using group message feature. The app is used worldwide by business owners, event promoters, personal accountants, clergymen, fitness coaches and many more audiences. HitEmUp lets people send mass texts that can automatically include contact’s first and/or last name.
Event promoters use it to tell their audience about the upcoming events. Coaches send everyday motivations to their trainee. Clergymen notify their congregations about the prayers. Small businesses can text their employee to tell about meetings and some changes, and their customers as well.
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How to send use Hit Em Up for mass texts?
The app is available only for iOS, and the Android version is coming in 2018. You can download the app from the AppStore. Hit Em Up is free to download and all users get a week trial. The interface is simple yet feature-packed. Let’s study how to perform the simplest task – sending texts to multiple contacts.
To send texts to multiple contacts you need to:
- Select contacts
- Write a message
- Tap ‘Send’
Hit Em Up ensures none of the texts are spammy, so users need to tap send for each contact. In total, you can send a hundred of SMS to multiple contacts in 2 minutes.
Three simple actions save hours of your time, and the recipients get personalized messages feeling that you care about them. In times when we all have some many ways to communicate, it’s difficult to ensure they read our messages.
Other features
Templates are great when you know you’re going to say the same words to different people, like ‘The meeting has been rescheduled to [time]. Small business owners know that it’s always pain in the ass to notify 15 members of their team about some change, especially if they’re not using a corporate message software, like Slack.
Availability & Subscription
Hit Em Up is currently available for users worldwide, but some features may only be available in USA and Canada. To send texts to multiple contacts without group message, you users need to have an active subscription to the service. The current price is $4.99/month when you buy a year. The great part is, only you need to have the app with an active cellular connection to use it. Your recipients don’t even need to know you have it! Messages appear as a normal SMS or iMessage to them.
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Bottom Line
SMS has and will be the most effective way to convey a message to a large audience. Even if all your contacts aren’t connecting on a single network, like Facebook or Telegram, it’s not a problem for Hit Em Up.
The app makes it simple to send text to multiple contacts without group message, making it a great alternative to iPhone’s Group Message feature. Instead of typing a message, and then copy-pasting it a hundred time, you create a single message, select contacts and tap send. Easy as that.
