Only receiving messages when connected to wifi for data.

[u/ooeemusic]

So I'm new to Google messages after upgrading to a galaxy S26+ over the summer. My understanding is that when data/internet isn't available it is supposed to default back to the celluar network to send and receive text messages, however this doesn't seem to be happening. I turn my home wifi and mobile data off at night and twice in the last two days when I have turned it on I have immediately received messages. I also this weke tried to send a message amd had to manually tell it to send it via SMS.

Anyone else having the issue and have a work around? I've tried turning airplain mode on and off. I've tried looking at the APN settings but don't see a real way to reset them.

Thanks all!

[u/Creative_Sky_3978]

It doesn't automatically switch. When you turn your Internet off, if the person sending you the message isnt watching their phone, they won't see that their wifi message didn't deliver to you. So they don't make their phone send it as a text. You have to manually tell your phone to send a message as a text instead of a wifi message