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Tabby1011

Level 1 (4 points)

How to receive iMessages on Android phone from iPhone group chat

I am in a text message group that all have iPhones, so the group chats go by iMessage. Unfortunately I have an android Samsung phone and the messages only come to my iPad. Is there any way or settings to get my android added to the group? I tried signing out of iMessage on the iPad but still nothing comes to the cell phone.

Thanks for the help.

Posted on Nov 7, 2026 6:38 AM

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razmee209

Level 10 (205,348 points)

Nov 7, 2026 12:45 PM in response to Tabby1011

Tabby1011 wrote:

I am in a text message group that all have iPhones, so the group chats go by iMessage. Unfortunately I have an android Samsung phone and the messages only come to my iPad. Is there any way or settings to get my android added to the group? I tried signing out of iMessage on the iPad but still nothing comes to the cell phone.

Thanks for the help.

Double check the group chat info, it could be possible that your email is there instead of phone number.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256390290