A group of 4 of us had Iphones, now 1 has android, she cant recieve our msgs?

[Android Central Question]

A group of 4 of us had Iphones, now 1 has android, she cant recieve our msgs?
How can we get her back in the group?

 

[dpham00]

The person who had the iPhone before needs to disable Imessage.
Directions can be found here

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/

 

[ManiacJoe]

It is probably also helpful if the iPhone friends update their contact entry for the android user to no longer be marked as an iMessage user (blue vs green).

 

[tadpoles]

The person who had the iPhone before needs to disable Imessage.
Directions can be found here

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/

This. As well as ensure they’re not signed into iCloud.

 

[vondrook4]

It is probably also helpful if the iPhone friends update their contact entry for the android user to no longer be marked as an iMessage user (blue vs green).

As an open-minded iPhone user who tried out an Android phone a few years back (and eventually went back.. for now!), this is the only thing that seemed to work for me. Even after de-registering my number from iMessage, I still wasn't getting messages from the iPhone-only group chat. It was such a frustration that I ended up switching back to iPhone but I think having each person change your number in their Contacts to "Phone" instead of "iPhone" should work.