How can I receive texts on my iPad?

I receive texts on my iPhone and would like to receive them also on my ipad as an iMessage. It has done this in the past but for some reason it is not doing so right now.

snwshrddr wrote:
You have answered my burning question.  Thanks!  However, I am now super disappointed as I've just got my iPad and wanted to receive SMS texts on it. (My iPad is WiFi only.)
I take it that iPad with 4G capability is able to receive SMS texts... Correct?
Is there any cool app that enables iPad w/just WiFi to receive SMS texts?
Thanks!
snw
No. Natively the iPad cannot receive or send SMS even the cellular models can't do this because they can't use the Phone and text service from the cellular provider only the Internet Data connection.  There are 3rd party Apps that will allow you to send SMS to phones but most require an account with an SMS Gateway Server to be able to send actual SMS messages.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/real-sms-for-ipad/id373005780?mt=8
There of course other messaging services, like Apple's own iMessage, and Google's Google Talk that can send messages to other users of the same service.

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