MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service, which allows you to send multimedia messages, such as photos, videos, and group messages to people who dont have iPhones or who arent using iMessage. MMS is different from iMessage, which can be sent using a Wi-Fi signal when senders and recipients have iMessage enabled. It doesn’t use cellular data when Wi-Fi is available. MMS is usually enabled on your iPhone by default, but you can only use MMS when youre connected to your mobile phone services network. If you want to send MMS messages from your iPhone instead of iMessages, you need to enable MMS messaging. Here are the steps to enable MMS messaging on your iPhone:
- Open the Control Center and turn on "Cellular Data" if it isnt already.
- Open "Settings" → "Messages" → toggle on "MMS Messaging" and "Group Messaging".
- If MMS isnt working, update your iPhone, reset your Network Settings, or contact your carrier.
Enabling MMS on iPhone is important because it allows you to send multimedia-enriched text to the largest number of people possible. MMS is a smarter and more convenient way to send multimedia assets from your phone because you can embed these assets within the messages themselves.
