Group messages let you communicate with a group of people (3 or more people) at once. This can be a great way to stay in touch with friends and family members. With group messaging, group members can send and receive text messages, videos and photos. See also: Messages Showing Numbers, Not Contact Names?
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This article explains (a) how you can create group messages, (b) how you can name your group and (c) how you can add or remove users participants. But first let us explain the differences between Group iMessage and Group MMS: If all members of your group consist of participants using Apple devices (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch), group messages will be sent as iMessages. If you have at least one participant using other type of mobile devices (e.g, Android phones), then group messages will be sent as MMS (or SMS) messages. Here are the some differences between them:
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How to Add and Remove Group ParticipantsAs stated above, you cannot add or remove participants from MMS groups. This means that if you do not see the “Add Contact” or “Remove” options, it is because of this. If your group is a iMessage group, anyone in the group can add or remove participants. There is no admin or any type of super user. Here is how: Adding participantsTo add participants:
Removing Participants
How to Name GroupsYou can name your group. You can especially want to do this if you have multiple iMessage groups. Again, as note above, MMS groups cannot be named. Here is how:
How to exit a groupYou do not want to participate in your group and you want to exit? Doing so will prevent you from receiving and sending messages and other stuff like photos etc from or participating in the group messages. Note you cannot exit MMS messages. Here is how:
See also: Text Messages Are Disappearing? Fix Please note that if this is a very active group, you may want to turn off notifications, if you are getting too many new message alerts. Dr. Serhat Kurt worked as a Senior Technology Director. He holds a doctoral degree (or doctorate) from the University of Illinois at Urbana / Champaign and a master’s degree from Purdue University. Here is his LinkedIn profile. Post navigationHow do you create group chats on iMessage?Make sure you have both iMessage and MMS turned on in Settings > Messages.. Open the Messages app on your iPhone. ... . Tap the Compose button in the top-right corner of the screen.. Begin entering the names of the people you want to include in the group chat in the To: section. ... . Type out your message, then tap the Send icon.. Can I create a group for texting on iPhone?Enabling this feature is simple: Go to Settings > Messages > Group Messaging and turn it on. Now, when you send a group message, if the other user has the feature enabled, they will be able to see everyone in the conversation as well as send a message back to everyone.
How do you create a group text Group on iPhone?Open your Messages app. Tap on the paper and pencil icon to create a new message. Type the names of the contacts you wish to add and send your first group text. Tap the tiny carrot (arrow) or the number of people in your group.
How do I create a group on my Messages?Add or remove people to start a new group message. Open the Chat app or Gmail app .. Select an existing group conversation.. At the top, next to the conversation name, tap the Right arrow. Start a new chat.. Add or remove people from the existing group: ... . Tap Done .. |