Apple’s website detailing Continuity features arriving with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite in the coming weeks has been updated to announce SMS support won’t arrive until October.
The feature, which allows users to send and receive SMS and MMS text messages from an iPad or Mac, could be held up by the upcoming release of OS X Yosemite this fall. Unfortunately, an October release for the feature means it won’t be available to iPad users when iOS 8 launches on September 17.
The SMS Continuity feature has been included in betas of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, but it looks like it won’t be ready for public consumption later this month.
Apple is expected to release OS X Yosemite in October.
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That just means that Yosemite launches in October.
When Yosemite will be in the wild?
I though it requires Yosemite.
A lot of words to state the obvious.The iOS8 to 10.10 continually feature requires 10.10 to also be out too. :P
So is this changing from the GM? I have iOS 8 GM and it works, has worked on previous betas too
Actually, Im going to guess this is just for MMS because I can only send SMS from my iPad, MMS always fails
It seems to be working on an iPad running iOS8 GM. I would say it is just won’t work on the Mac until October, when Yosemite is released.
can’t i just stick with my iOS 8 GM and the version of Yosemite i am currently running and keep the feature?
I’d say so. This is more likely to address the fact that it’s listed on the iOS 8 page and that a lot of customers will be asking why they can’t do it out of the box. If you’ve got a Yosemite beta with iOS 8 it should work because they’d need to keep it in to continue to test that it works.
Call me crazy, but I have iOS 8 GM on my 5s and Mini with Retina and it works between those two.
Yes, it works between iOS devices, but (at least not for me) between iOS devices and Yosemite. I’m running the latest betas of both.
I was working between iOS and Yosemite for the first couple of betas, then stopped.
Interestingly, I can receive SMS in Yosemite (with my iPhone near), but trying to send an SMS from Yosemite always fails.
It works for me using GM on iPhone and iPad and using the 2nd public beta of Yosemite. I was also able to make calls using the beta of Yosemite. I haven’t seen any other continuity features though.
I agree it’s been working fine! SMS & MMS
That is too bad, because it has been basically flawless since the 2nd Beta release. Either way, the massive amount of improvements in iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 make it worth it to upgrade, but I have to admit that feature was one of my highlights.
I’ve had this feature for about five years….across all my devices and in the browser. It’s called Google Voice ;)
Completely different actually. Google voice is it’s own service. It doesn’t make calls or texts from your Phones stock phone dialer via your phone, tablet, or computer
Experiences vary: SMS Relay has been removed from my iPad running iOS 8 GM.
Good. Take your time, Apple, and get it right before releasing to the public. And thanks.
That’s funny, because SMS Continuity has been working for me for quite some time already.
Yeah, it quit working for me a few days ago, then I upgraded to DP7 and iOS 8GM hoping it would work. No such luck, I’m guessing this is the reason.
Does it works now??
If yes, can you tell me where are settings for it?
Thanks for answer. :)
Still doesn’t work for me. Bummer. Or is it me?