why are my text sent in green?
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A green background means that the message you sent or received was delivered by SMS through your cellular provider. It also typically went to a non-iOS device such as an Android or Windows phone. Sometimes you can also send or receive green text messages to an iOS device.
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Green word bubbles instead of blue. Make sure iMessage is activated. iMessage isn't activated on your device. (Tap Settings, Messages, then check to see if the feature is switched on.
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A green background means that the message you sent or received was delivered by SMS through your cellular provider. ... Sometimes you can also send or receive green text messages to an iOS device. This happens when iMessage is turned off on one of the devices.
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You can tell if your message has been sent via iMessage in Apple's messaging app because it'll be blue. If it's green, it's an ordinary text message and doesn't offer the read/delivered receipts. iMessage only works when you're sending messages to other iPhone users.
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Now when you send a text message you can tap and hold the message and select “View message details“. On some models, it may be under “View report“. The statuses will show “Received“, “Delivered“, or may simply show the time of delivery. If the message was not delivered, it may show as “Pending” or “None” status.
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iMessage makes things simple. It too enables read receipts by default but has the capacity to turn them off. ... If the bubble is green, it means the recipient isn't on the iPhone which means read receipts might not work. If both bubbles are blue and the status stays at Delivered, they may have turned it off.
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If your text messages aren't being displayed in the proper order, this is due to having the wrong timestamps on the text messages. To fix this issue: Go to Settings > Date and time. Make sure “Automatic date and time” and “Automatic time zone” are checked ✓
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The only way to tell is if you get a reply from the person to whom you sent the text message. If the message is blue, it is an Apple message. If it doesn't say "Delivered" or "Read" below the message it means the message has not yet been delivered.
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You can tell if your message has been sent via iMessage in Apple's messaging app because it'll be blue. If it's green, it's an ordinary text message and doesn't offer the read/delivered receipts.
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If the message is green then it means you aren't connected to the internet and the message will instead go by traditional SMS. ... You can even change the settings on your iPhone to ONLY use iMessage and not use SMS at all.
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If the iMessage goes through and shows a “Delivered” message, then you have probably not been blocked. ... Remember, when messages are being sent as green instead of blue, that means the phone is attempting to send a traditional SMS text message instead of an iMessage.
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It looks just the same as it always was. They'll be told the message was delivered. That does not equate to it having been read, just like if they sent you a message when the phone wasn't on DND and you didn't open messages and read it. As for phone calls, they should go immediately to voice mail.
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You may have noticed that the text messages in your iPhone's Messages app can appear as either green or blue. The difference? Green messages are ordinary SMS text messages, while blue messages are using Apple's proprietary iMessage format.
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Thanks for using the  Apple Support Communities. If the contact's number is in red, it means you can't send iMessage to this number. You have to send regular SMS message.
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Now that Alexa lets you send messages and make calls, Amazon has introduced two new colors for notifications: green and yellow. ... A spinning green light means you're currently on a call. A pulsing yellow light is telling you that you have messages in your inbox.
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If a message appears in a green bubble, it was sent via Advanced Messaging. A yellow bubble indicates a message sent via SMS or MMS.
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iMessage is Apple's own instant messaging service that sends messages over the Internet, using your data. ... 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).