Smartphones have changed a lot of the ways we communicate. For some, texting is the primary or preferred form of communication. Within that group, some opt less for texting with words and instead use ...

Emojis are a very handy way of adding much-needed emotion to text-only messages. How do we know if somebody's kidding? Sometimes we don't, unless they add a silly winking face to the end of a missive.

About a week ago, I joked inside BGR's Slack that the Slack AI that Salesforce is training with the help of chats should let me come up with generative emojis on the fly to react to conversations.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reported on a few additional features to expect from the Messages app in iOS 18. One of the perhaps most requested messaging changes will be an upgrade to the Tapbacks ...

Create a custom emoji tailored to the conversation. In iOS 18, you’ll be able to use the power of Apple Intelligence to generate fun, relevant images in your Messages conversations. You can create ...

In less than two weeks, Apple will kick off WWDC with a wide-ranging keynote that previews all of the new features coming in iOS 18 and macOS 15. It’s no surprise that AI will be a big component of ...

Apple announced a bunch of new features for iMessage in iOS 17. This includes emoji tapbacks and a new emoji stickers interface. The little-used iMessage apps have also been hidden away behind a ...

A fun feature in iOS 17 lets users transform their photos into stickers and conveniently share them through iMessage. Here's how to get started. In iOS 17, iMessage got a significant update with ...

1. Open your Photos app. 2. Tap the photo you want to turn into an emoji or sticker. 3. Tap and hold the item in the photo you want to turn into an emoji or sticker until you see the white outline. 4.

Without fail, one thing always happens during the iOS segment at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC): I have a moment where I want more people I know to own an iPhone and use iMessage ...