My iMessage chat went from Blue to Green bubbles and won't go back.

[lordhamster]

Folks, I've spent the last year on a Pixel 4XL, so was excited to be a blue bubble boy again. There is one group chat where I've been the pariah for a while, and when I activated my Pro Max 12 yesterday, it went to blue and I successfully sent a number of iMessages with effects reactions etc. This morning, the chat has gone to green bubbles. There are only three of us in the group and I know all 3 are on iPhone.

Any ideas how to force this back to Blue?

 

[danmart]

You could try forcing it to use iMessage rather than SMS by turning on airplane mode but having WiFi active?

 

[MacCheetah3]

This has a potential suggestion:

[Guide] How to Change Text Message to iMessage on iPhone/iPad

Want to Change Text Message to iMessage on iPhone or iPad but don’t know how? Read on this guide to get the detailed steps to complete the job.

www.imobie.com

Go to Settings > Messages > [...] > Toggle the Send As SMS switch to off. This will still allow you to receive text messages, but all messages you send will be forced to go as iMessages

 

[lordhamster]

Wow. Thanks for both suggestions, I'll try this. I went ahead and deleted all existing conversations (I don't care to save old meaningless drivel) and that seems to work so far. If the problem re-occurs I'll try both of these! Thanks!!

 

[dictoresno]

is everyone in the chat an iPhone user?

 

[lordhamster]

is everyone in the chat an iPhone user?

Yes all four of us are now on iPhone... I was the only troublemaker. Problem has come back. Argh.

 

[contacos]

I have that issue sometimes when I had to switch Apple IDs on my iPhone back and forth. What usually „fixes“ it, is someone writing me first, then it turns blue. If I am the first one writing, it’s Green

 

[lordhamster]

Ok. I think I may have found the root of the issue. It seems some of the folks were using an old "conversation" that has me as an SMS recipient. I created a new group and have asked them to delete the old one. The new one seems to be sticking w/ iMessage...fingers crossed.