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Huawei: Send a Text Message to a Group

When you text several people at once on a Huawei phone, EMUI can either fire off individual messages to everyone or bundle everyone into one shared conversation. If your friends keep replying only to you instead of the whole group, your device is likely stuck in mass text mode instead of true group MMS. This setting decides whether replies land in one thread or scatter into separate chats.

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Send a Group Text Message (SMS/MMS) auf Huawei

On a Huawei phone, texting several people at once can work in two different ways, and EMUI lets you switch between them.

Mass text mode sends the same message to every recipient, but as separate individual texts. Replies only come back to you, and nobody else in the group sees what the others answer.

Group MMS mode creates one shared conversation instead. Everyone in the thread sees all replies, similar to a group chat.

Which mode is active depends on the Group messaging setting inside the Messages app. If your contacts complain they cannot see each other's replies, the phone is set to mass text instead of group MMS.

To change it, open Open MessagesOpen the menuOpen the settingsTap on AdvancedTap on Group messagingChoose between mass text or group MMS.

Group MMS usually relies on your carrier's MMS service and can use mobile data, while mass text mode sends plain SMS to each person separately. If your carrier charges for MMS or your data coverage is weak, mass text keeps costs predictable but breaks the shared conversation feel.

Frequently asked questions

Your Huawei phone is likely set to mass text mode. In that mode, each recipient gets a separate SMS and replies go only to you. Switching to group MMS under Tap on Group messaging creates one shared thread instead.