I am having the same problem, and I am reduced that I am not alone. No one else in my family is having this issue. It’s very frustrating. I have several groups that I now have to cut and past into. Funny, Siri recognizes the group when I talk-text. Thanks for posting. Will call Apple tomorrow to report.
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iOS 16 - Can’t share to iMessage group anymore
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Ironically the problem that I had for over 6 months is that Siri on WatchOS wouldn't recognize a group.
The only saving grace in all of this is that I now know that I am not alone 
What a mess, I’m not counting on Apple to deliver a fix anytime soon, but hopefully we’ll all be pleasantly surprised. Yes, I’m having the exact same issue…can’t get Messaging to bring up any Group Chats using auto fill and typing in just a few characters as it’s always worked. The only thing that I would add is that the update seemed to mess with my contact groups in general, but I’m not sure if those issues are related. Thanks for the “improvement” and thorough bug checks before releasing a major iOS update Apple, way to fix what wasn’t broken. Awesome.
What a mess, I’m not counting on Apple to deliver a fix anytime soon, but hopefully we’ll all be pleasantly surprised. Yes, I’m having the exact same issue…can’t get Messaging to bring up any Group Chats using auto fill and typing in just a few characters as it’s always worked. The only thing that I would add is that the update seemed to mess with my contact groups in general, but I’m not sure if those issues are related. Thanks for the “improvement” and thorough bug checks before releasing a major iOS update Apple, way to fix what wasn’t broken. Awesome.
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Same. Making a new group doesn't solve the problem. In my opinion, Apple would be better served by releasing new versions of the OS when they are ready instead of by a marketing calendar. They are doing it with iPadOS and from what I have read here most people think it's a smart move.
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iPhone 13 promax just upgraded to 16.02 and lost family group message running for years with babies etc. When I send a group message it gets sent to each INDIVIDUAL member only and they do not see any posted photos or videos. I tried posting an 11 second video and all they got was a copy link - not the video itself. APPLE PLEASE FIX the group messaging glitch. And please tell me how to copy and send a video - not a link.
I have a 13pro Max.
I also have this issue. I have had it with all versions of ios16 I have had on this phone:
16.0.1
16.0.2
And now 16.0.3
Still doesn’t work.
This is a major bummer for me - defeats about 90% of my share-pane functionality I used to use regularly.
I also have this issue. I have had it with all versions of ios16 I have had on this phone:
16.0.1
16.0.2
And now 16.0.3
Still doesn’t work.
This is a major bummer for me - defeats about 90% of my share-pane functionality I used to use regularly.
Hi. This fixed it for me.
Go to settings / Siri and search / scroll down to find messages / turn on ‘learn from this app’ / switch to the messages app / find a group and send a message
From now on, you should be able to search for groups from within the messages app and the share sheet.
Credit goes to a post on Reddit by Dave7273.
Go to settings / Siri and search / scroll down to find messages / turn on ‘learn from this app’ / switch to the messages app / find a group and send a message
From now on, you should be able to search for groups from within the messages app and the share sheet.
Credit goes to a post on Reddit by Dave7273.
Thank you for sharing this! It looks like I'm going to need to send a message from each of my group conversations before they'll show up in the share sheet, but that's not a big deal. Nice to have a way to get this working again.
Either this or updating to iOS 16.0.3 fixed it for me. I can now see groups when forwarding links, pics, etc.
I have a iPhone 13 Pro for reference.
I updated to 16.0.3 yesterday, but no luck. There are also other reports saying the same.
This also fixed it for me.
What is strange is that I have not changed that setting in ages - so they clearly made some changes to either Siri or Messages that impacted this.
And yes, you have to change the setting, _and_ then send a message to the group - before the group will show up in your share sheet.
I updated yesterday and it the new version didn't fix it for me on an iPhone 14 Pro. With that Siri setting on I can get groups to show up again after I send a message in them (as the instructions specified).
i found a solution and made this account for everyone to share my info haha. all u have to do is go to settings > siri & search > messages > turn on ‘learn from this app’. then what i did was i went to the groupchats that i’ve been trying to send things to and i typed a random message (eg. testing). then i tried sharing and the groups popped up again. hope it helps. here’s a photo of where i learned this!
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Did anyone else notice that it happened if you updated to 16 immediately? I did it right after it was available. My family members, with the exact same phones did it a few days later and are not having this problem. Before I found this thread, I was on the phone with iphone "help" for hours. She managed to mess up my phone and delete names from about 30 phone numbers, but I was still unable to share to a group chat. This was after she convinced me to reset my whole phone which took forever and DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.
Had the same problem! Finally found the fix:
Go to Settings -> Siri and Search -> Messages -> turn on Learn from this App.
Had the same problem! Finally found the fix:
Go to Settings -> Siri and Search -> Messages -> turn on Learn from this App.
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