You can use the Messages app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to send messages. Those messages are sent as iMessage or SMS/MMS. Learn more about the difference between the message types.
iMessage
Green messages are ordinary SMS text messages, while blue messages are using Apple's proprietary iMessage format. Here's everything you need to know about why your iPhone is sending green messages.
iMessages are texts, photos or videos that you send to another iPhone, iPad, iPod touchor Mac over Wi-Fi or cellular-data networks. These messages are always encrypted and appear in blue text bubbles. To turn iMessage on or off, go to Settings > Messages.
Iphone Green And Blue Text Messages
SMS/MMS
- Green and Blue Bubbles Your iPhone's Messages app actually combines two different types of messages into one: iMessage and SMS. IMessage is Apple's proprietary messaging system, which appear as blue bubbles. If you send a message over SMS, the bubble appears green.
- We're all on Sprint. Some texts are blue, some are green. I thought one might be multimedia, but I found emoji's in both colors and plain text in both colors. All texts to pretty much EVERYONE else are always green though.
If you aren’t using iMessage, you can use SMS/MMS. These messages are texts and photos that you send to other cell phones or another iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. SMS/MMS messages aren't encrypted and appear in green text bubbles on your device.
To use SMS/MMS on an iPhone, you need a text-messaging plan. Contact your wireless carrier for more information. You can also set up your other Apple devices to send and receive messages from any Apple device.
What Does Green And Blue Text Messages Mean
If Wi-Fi is unavailable, iMessages will be sent over cellular data. Cellular data rates might apply.