If your iPhone is not sending texts to one or more Android phones, there are a number of ways to troubleshoot the problem.

Free text apps offer different features than the SMS texting app built into your iPhone or Android phone.

If you want to recover a text message, tap on the thread or message so that it's selected, hit Recover on the bottom right, and then tap Recover Message in the pop-up that appears. You can also ...

When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls to your iPhone, and it can screen texts from unknown senders to keep your inbox spam free.