why are my texts green or blue?
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If you own an iPhone, you may have noticed something odd in the Messages app: Some messages are blue and some are green. ... Short answer: Blue ones have been sent or received using Apple's iMessage technology, while green ones are "traditional" text messages exchanged via Short Messaging Service, or SMS.
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The message will not show that it has been delivered. In addition, it will eventually turn green. ... Also, if you keep seeing your messages in green when you are sending messages to someone, you have been blocked unless they have lost signal or turned off their phone.
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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 you see a message with a grey background, it has been saved by either you or your contact. Messages you save will have a vertical red bar to the left of them, while messages saved by friends have a blue bar next to them. You can save a chat message by tapping and holding it.
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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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Green Background 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. You can check if iMessage is on or off your iPhone by going to your iPhone Settings (gear icon) and then to Messages. Enable iMessage.
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Answer: A: Answer: A: There is no ability to change the backgrounds in Messages. The screen is white, the text is black or white, and the message bubbles are blue for iMessage, green for SMS, and the responses are in gray bubbles.
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['Click Options .', 'Select System Options > Colors.', 'For Background, select one of the following: Light (default) Medium Light. Medium. Dark. The screen text color adjusts automatically for visibility on the new background. ... ', 'Click OK.']
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Either way, the person that has blocked you will never receive the messages. SO I have been blocked or put on Do Not Disturb? Blue or Green has nothing to do with being blocked. Blue means iMessage, i.e., messages sent through Apple, Green means messages sent through SMS.
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The different icon colors indicate different types of messages: Red is a Snap without audio. Purple is a Snap with audio. Blue is a Chat. Gray is pending, either because the message has expired or because you're sending to someone who hasn't yet accepted your friend request.
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Blue or Green has nothing to do with being blocked. Blue means iMessage, i.e., messages sent through Apple, Green means messages sent through SMS.
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No. A green text message means the message was sent using SMS instead of the iMessage data service. This typically mean you did not have data at the tine your sent the message.
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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. This could be due to the person to whom you are sending the message being offline, or maybe they have their iPhone off or on Do Not Disturb.
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Assuming you only see the word “Delivered” in grey under the message you've sent, the recipient has turned their Read Receipts off. If the bubble is green, it means the recipient isn't using an iPhone which means read receipts will not work.
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['On the Message Options tab, in the Themes group, click Page Color.', 'Click a color on the Theme Colors or Standard Colors palette. To remove the color, click No Color.']
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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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Short answer: blue ones have been sent or received using Apple's iMessage technology, while green ones are "traditional" text messages exchanged via Short Messaging Service, or SMS.