In a world where we’re increasingly communicating via text, the humble emoji — the little cartoonish pictograms we use to adorn text messages, emails, and online chats — has never been more important.

Apple’s latest iOS 18.1 software update introduced a series of Apple Intelligence features, including Writing Tools and notification summaries. However, some features were missing from the lineup, ...

Having the ability to create your own emoji can be fun and will allow you to personalise your messages with a custom image. It should be noted that the methods we list here create a separate image, ...

How’d you like to turn yourself into an emoji character? Instead of texting the plain ol’ smiley faces, why not spice it up with a character that looks just like you and can express a wide variety of ...

Apple announced on June 9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference that the next version of the iPhone's operating system will be called iOS 26. The tech giant said that update will bring a transparent ...

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In iOS 18.2 and later, Apple's Genmoji feature lets you create personalized emoji that aim to perfectly match what you want to express, going far beyond the limitations of standard Unicode emoji. Want ...

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Genmoji is a play on two phrases: ‘emoji’ and ‘AI-generated.’ Simply put, in iOS 18.2 you can use Apple Intelligence to create new emoji in an instant. Open the emoji keyboard on your iPhone running ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Emoji. For some of us, it's a second language. But did you know anyone can make an emoji? You don't need funding. You don't need to know someone on ...