Quick Guide to Forwarding Text Messages from Android and iPhone

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Do you want to forward the text to someone else or other device? You can easily do this on Android and iPhone. Read further to find out more.

On any default application to send a message with Android tap and hold the message you want to forward and tap ⋮> forward. On the iPhone tap and hold the message you want to forward in messages and select More. Choose the messages you want to forward and then click the “Forward” arrow. Enter the recipient and tap the sending icon.

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   Tap and hold the message you want to forward. This works in most of the given text applications, such as Google Messages and Samsung Messages.

2. Tap ⋮. You will see this three -point menu icon in the upper right corner of your screen. Touching him asks the menu to go down.

3. Tap Forward. There is a menu in the middle.

4. Tap to select the contact you want to forward the message to. In some applications, such as Google Messages, you will see the selected recipients listed on top of your screen.

   • Tap Following Continue if requested.

5. Tap . This icon of the paper plane is located in the lower right corner of your screen and will send the text.

   • Repeat this procedure for all the text messages you want to send.[1]

1. Tap and hold the message you want to forward. Do this if you want to send a text message to someone else in the message app on your iPhone.

2. Tap More. It is at the bottom of the menu and allows you to choose more messages you can send.

3. Tap . You will see this arrow icon in the lower right corner of your screen.

4. Enter the recipients and tap “Send” icon. You can enter the name or phone number of the person you want to forward the messages, then press the “Send” button to forward the text.[2]

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   Open settings. Tap an app that looks like a gear to open the settings.

   • Did you know that you can synchronize or automatically forward all your texts between your Apple device? You can get the text on your iPhone and read and answer it using MacBook. Use this method to set up messages in iCloud to set up automatically forwarding text messages.

2. Tap your name. There is a list on top and will load your Apple ID data.

3. Tap Ikoud. You will find this next to the cloud icon.

4. Include iCloud messages for your iPhone. There are several ways to do this depending on your iOS:

   • iOS 17.2 or newer: Tap Show/See all> messages> use on this device.

   • iOS 16 to 17.1: Tap Show all> Messages> Synchronize this device.

5. Make sure the text forwarding is placed on Messenger on your devices. This should allow your messages to be automatically forwarded between your iPhone, iPad and MacBook.

   • IMESSSAGE ACCOUNT ON IPHO/ipad: Go to Settings> Messages> Send and Receive and make sure the other devices are listed. If not, sign in to the same Apple ID on all your devices.

   • Coloring text messages: on your iPhone go to Settings> Messages> Lingen of Text Message.[3]

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