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Don’t fall prey to the text black hole.

If you’re moving from Android to iOS, there’s One Weird Trick to keeping your texts flowing smoothly on your new device: turning off chat features before you switch. If you neglect this step, you might miss messages from your friends with Android phones, and that could get awkward.

Here’s how to turn the feature off — and what to do if you forgot.

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