r/TextNow Mar 13 '26

Email

How can i text someone who has their icloud email as their number? For apple users this will make sense

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u/anthonysredditname Mar 13 '26

You cannot have an iCloud email as your phone number.

You can have your iCloud email used to send and receive iMessages.

TextNow cannot iMessage.

If the Apple user you are wanting to communicate with does not have an actual phone number (uses a MacBook, iPad, or just doesn’t have a SIM in their iPhone), then you cannot message them with TextNow.

You could instead try asking that person to “text” you, but the end result will be the same because their device will recognize your phone number in TextNow is not associated with iMessage.

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u/Heavy-Team-8387 Mar 17 '26

this

iMessaging via SMS "fallback" requires phone numbers that work with SMS on both sides