Why have my text messages turned blue on Samsung phone?

If a message appears in a blue bubble, it means the message was sent via Advanced Messaging. A teal bubble indicates a message sent via SMS or MMS.
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Why are some text messages green and some blue on Samsung?

The short answer is that blue ones have been sent or received using Apple's iMessage technology, but green ones are “conventional” text messages that have been sent using the Short Messaging Service, also known as SMS.
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How do I turn off blue messages on my Samsung?

Tap on the More settings located near the top right of the screen.
  1. Tap on Settings.
  2. Tap on Enhanced messaging.
  3. Toggle the switch to disable Enhanced messaging.
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Why are my text messages suddenly blue?

Answer: A: To make a minor correction to sberman's post, blue indicates iMessages which require an Apple device, green indicates SMS which can be an Android phone or an Apple user who chooses not to use iMessage. It can also mean that an iMessage users does not, at the current time, have an active data connection.
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Why did my text messages turn from blue to green Android?

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.
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What does blue text mean on Android?

If a message appears in a blue bubble, it means the message was sent via Advanced Messaging. A teal bubble indicates a message sent via SMS or MMS.
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Why did my text messages turn from blue to green am I blocked?

If you know someone has an iPhone and suddenly text messages between you and that person are green. This is a sign he or she has probably blocked you. Perhaps the person doesn't have cellular service or data connection or has iMessage turned off, so your iMessages fall back to SMS.
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What does a blue text mean?

Since Android and other carriers operate within the SMS and MMS standards of text communication, these green texts are more versatile in who they can reach with their texts. Blue messages, or iMessage messages, are compatible within the Apple ecosystem. Apple backs up all of these messages.
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How do I change my text from green to blue?

Try temporarily turning off Settings > Messages > Send as SMS. Then send some messages. It their back to blue you can turn Send as SMS back on and sent additional messages to ensure they're still blue.
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How do you know if your blocked?

“The simplest way to tell if you have been blocked by an Android user is to call,” Lavelle says. Just like with an iPhone, listen for it to be diverted to voicemail or play you a pre-recorded message.
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What do the different colors in text messages mean?

All mobile phones — Android, iPhone, and otherwise — use SMS in some way. However, iPhones also use iMessage, which was built to send messages over the internet, specifically between Apple devices. Messages in green are SMS, while messages in blue are iMessages.
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What do blue text messages mean Samsung s10?

The ones in blue means the text was sent using internet over wifi/mobile network instead of regular text message from your carrier.
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How do I get rid of the blue dot on my text messages?

Open your text message app. Click the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner. Click advanced messages and turn it off.
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Does green text mean 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. It's also worth remembering that blocked iMessages and text messages go nowhere, the recipient will never receive them if you've been blocked.
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Is there a way to tell if your texts are blocked?

Try sending a text message

However, if a person has blocked you, you won't see either notification. Instead, there will just be a blank space beneath your text. It's worth noting that being blocked is not the only reason why you might not see a notification.
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How can you tell if someone blocked your number from texting?

The first clue that someone has blocked your number is silence. If they don't reply to your texts, that means they've blocked you. The good news is that you can still get through to blocked numbers by trying to call them directly. The best way to do this is to send them a text.
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What happens when you text someone who blocked you?

What happens to a blocked text message? Texting someone who's blocked you works as you would expect. The message sends as normal, and you don't get an error message. This is no help at all for clues.
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Why are some texts light blue and dark blue?

Answer. This is the way Android Messages indicates whether the message is being sent via RCS or SMS/MMS protocols. The darker messages are RCS.
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What is the blue dot next to contact in messages?

Blue Dot Explained....

The contacts that have the blue dot have the chat messaging enabled on their android Samsung phone. That means when sending large messages it will show up as one long chat message instead of multiple small numbered messages.
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Why did the color change on my text messages?

everything might not be updated yet. Samuel Orris likes this. It appears to me that in a single chat session if you or your respondant send two or more messages in a row without a response then they turn colors to let you know that your first message has not been answered.
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What color are Android messages?

When an Android user joins the chat, their message bubbles turn green. It's a simple way for iPhone users to know that certain iMessage features will not work anymore because there's an Android device in the chat.
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Can you tell if someone blocked your texts on Android?

Any messages you send to a contact person who has blocked you will always show one check mark (a sign of a message sent) but never show the second checkmark (a sign of message delivered).
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How do you know if someone blocked your number on a Samsung Galaxy?

You can't know for sure if someone has blocked your number on an Android without asking the person. However, if your Android's phone calls and texts to a specific person don't seem to be reaching them, your number might have been blocked.
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