If you’re like most people, you probably use text messages to communicate with friends and family. But if you’re like me, you also use them to share contact information with other people. There are a few things you need to know in order to share a contact over text message on the iPhone. First, make sure your phone is set up to send messages in the iMessage app. This will allow you to easily share contacts with others without having to type out each person’s name and address. Second, be sure that your phone is set up for automatic message sending. This will ensure that any messages sent from your phone will be sent automatically to everyone who has your iMessage account. Third, be sure that everyone who is going to be receiving the message has an account on their phone. This means that they have to have an iPhone or an iPad in order for the message to go through. Finally, make sure that everyone who is going to be receiving the message knows what type of message it is. For example, if you want someone else to receive a textmessage containing a picture of something they own, make sure they know what type of message it is - such as a photo or video call!
We’ve all gotten that text from a friend asking for another mutual friend’s number. You could jump into your contacts list and try to remember the number, but it’s a lot easier to just share the other person’s contact card. A couple of extra taps and boom—that person will be in your recipient’s contacts, too.
On iOS, sharing contacts is a pretty simple task. First, fire up the contacts app.
From there, navigate to the contact you need to share, either by scrolling through the list or searching for the name.
Tap on the contact to open their info page. At the bottom, there’s a button to “Share Contact.” Tap it.
A few options show up here, including AirDrop and various messaging options like Messages and Mail. Pick whichever one works best for you, but we’re going to just share it in a text message.
It will automatically attach the contact card to a message—just input who’d you’d like to send the message to, and away you go.
From there, they can tap the contact’s name to see their info and even add them to their address book. How easy was that?
