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dsi76

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iPhone 11 Pro user here. I just updated to iOS 16. I’m trying to share a webpage to my iMessage group chat using the ‘share’ icon in Safari, but when I type the first few letters of the group name, the auto-complete doesn’t find the name of the group. It’s like it doesn’t exist even though the conversations exist in the iMessage app. In fact I can’t share content to any existing discussion that has more than one person (eg. Bill & Andy). This never happened before iOS 16.
 
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cfg3

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Sep 16, 2022
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iPhone 13 has same issue, discovered it today when trying to share a Wordle result to our league group chat. Installed iOS 16 yesterday. Since iOS 16 installed, when trying to share a link, no group chats are available, only names from contact list. There must be a fix but can not find it.
 
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Bcarraher

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Install ios16.0.1 update to fix this issue. This is only available for iPhone 14 users.
 

lkalliance

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Perhaps it needs to a be a newly-created iMessage group after the installation of 16.0. Like with the lock screen functionality not usable with your prior lock screen but only with newly created ones.
 

cfg3

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If it needs to be a newly created Group Chat, e.g. post iOS 16, then that stinks. I have a family group chat that we have used for years without issue after iOS updates. Very disappointed with this limitation in 16.
 

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If it needs to be a newly created Group Chat, e.g. post iOS 16, then that stinks. I have a family group chat that we have used for years without issue after iOS updates. Very disappointed with this limitation in 16.

If I understand what you're describing, I think it's almost impossible to create a new conversation with the same group unless the original chat was deleted. It temporarily create a new Message but quickly reverts to the existing conversation. Is that how you were testing it?
 
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dsi76

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iPhone 13 has same issue, discovered it today when trying to share a Wordle result to our league group chat. Installed iOS 16 yesterday. Since iOS 16 installed, when trying to share a link, no group chats are available, only names from contact list. There must be a fix but can not find it.

Yes this is exactly the issue I’m having in iOS 16 - I can’t share Wordle results anymore to my family unless I copy and paste into iMessage. The receivers must be in the contacts list.

My daughter has an iPhone SE 2022 and upgraded to iOS 16 but she doesn’t have this issue for groups. Weird.
 

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My daughter has an iPhone SE 2022 and upgraded to iOS 16 but she doesn’t have this issue for groups. Weird.
Same phone I have and no problem ... Hopefully you're all telling Apple about it so they might be able to diagnose the issue and maybe release a fix.
 

vrotter

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Sep 20, 2022
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Same issue. 16.0.1 iPhone 14 pro max. Only way to share is to copy and then switch to messages and paste.
 

Stoots

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Sep 23, 2022
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I just called Apple support and their workaround is to copy the URL and paste into a separate message. I told them that this is clearly a bug that needs to be fixed. This issue appears to be affecting anything that you want to share with an established group (photos, links, files, directions, etc)
FWIW, it still works great on MacOS
I have a iPhone 13 Pro and I am currently on iOS 16.0.2
 
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Undone11091

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I have a case opened with Apple as well. They confirmed they are working in a fix, but it’s not widespread so its not high priority
 

francisbacon1

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I just called Apple support and their workaround is to copy the URL and paste into a separate message. I told them that this is clearly a bug that needs to be fixed. This issue appears to be affecting anything that you want to share with an established group (photos, links, files, directions, etc)
FWIW, it still works great on MacOS
I have a iPhone 13 Pro and I am currently on iOS 16.0.2
Hoping it's fixed soon. I've renamed a bunch of group chats and don't want to deal with typing individual names each time haha.
 

jay968

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I don't quite understand the problem. I'm using an iphone 12 and 16.0.1.. Sharing a webpage hasn't changed at all on my phone. I can share to a group, or a single person just as I have always been able to do. I see nothing that has changed.
 

MisterSavage

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This is also happening to me. So frustrating because I share with group chats constantly.

There must be a fix but can not find it.

Not necessarily. There was a similar problem with WatchOS and it took over 6 months for it to be addressed.
 

g800

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Sep 23, 2022
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iPhone 11 Pro user here. I just updated to iOS 16. I’m trying to share a webpage to my iMessage group chat using the ‘share’ icon in Safari, but when I type the first few letters of the group name, the auto-complete doesn’t find the name of the group. It’s like it doesn’t exist even though the conversations exist in the iMessage app. In fact I can’t share content to any existing discussion that has more than one person (eg. Bill & Andy). This never happened before iOS 16.
Same exact issue here ... iPhone 14 pro max running ios 16.0.2 ... a post above mentioned updating would fix ... it did NOT
 

Redcodi

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Oct 2, 2022
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This is a very annoying issue, my iPhone 13 Pro has this issue, and it just ignores the group chats, even new ones.
 
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