Can't see text messages from a Windows phone user.

Question

In ichat app, text threads that include Windows phone user do not even show up. Is this fixable or just "how it is"?

Answer 1

Hi,
Depending where the person lives and what carrier the person may use if they live in the "right place"  the answer can be fixable or just how it is.
iChat 1 through 6 and Messages 7 though 8 in Mavericks (Yosemite still gets called version 8 instead of 9) will all do SMS to AIM Buddies where the Buddy is a telephone number starting +1
To be clear, the non iPhone has to be in the United States on one of these Carriers
You can then add their phone number like it was a Buddy to your AIM Buddy List adding a leading +1 for the Country Code.
The app will format it for you.
You can obviously link it to a Contact/Address  Card
Despite the use of a +1 country Code this has never been used outside of the United States.
The list of carriers may cover large parts of the population but is by no means everyone.
Anywhere else is just how it is.
9:13 PM      Monday; November 24, 2014
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