iPad air - text messages won't send
I have a new iPad air wifi no cellular and set up iMessage but I cannot send messages to non iPad or iPhone users from Messages. It always tries to send the message but every time, it just stops and outputs that it has not been delivered. When I turn iMessage off every time I want to send a text message it asks to login. I can send messages on my iPhone to the same people that I want to message to using my iPad, with no problem.
Solution 1:
iMessage is actually an instant messaging service, like Google Talk or AOL Instant Messenger, except iMessage is made by Apple and is only for Apple products. Only an iPhone with cellular can send SMS messages as well, and can automatically associate phone numbers of registered iMessage users with iMessage accounts, so if you try to use the app to send a text to a phone number registered to an iPhone, it will send an iMessage instead. iPads cannot send SMS messages to non-Apple devices nor an iMessage to a phone number not registered with iMessage from a Wi-Fi-only device.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Solution 2:
Actually, you can send SMS from your iPad to anyone, just like your iPhone can text non-iPhone users. It's a complicated multistep process to set it up, but here goes:
First, make sure you're signed into iMessage on your iPad in Settings > Messages > iMessage.
Jump over to your iPhone and confirm you're signed into iMessage and iCloud with the same account here, too.
Still on your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding.
Inside Text Message Forwarding, flip the switches to enable sending text messages on one device at a time. Then look at that device – you'll see a confirmation number that you'll have to enter on your iPhone. This ensures you've got physical access to both devices at the time you're setting it up.
Confirm the link by typing the code and you're finished!
Sources:
- How to Enable Apple’s SMS Relay on your Mac or iPad
- Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac