If you like to send emoji in your texts and iMessages, Apple makes it much easier for you. Between Tapbacks to react directly to a message and use machine learning to know which emoji to recommend, Apple understands that these small pictograms are among the best iPhone communication tools.
If that doesn’t seem important to you, then you haven’t seen the kind of cheering emoji on stage or the interest they generate on social platforms. It’s a big deal, smiling and thumbs up!
If you are looking to spice up your messages to your friends and family, you can sprinkle them with as many emoji as you want! Here’s how to do it!
How do I get emoji recommendations in Messages?
Apple’s QuickType predictive keyboard can suggest emoji as well as, you know, normal words. The predictive keyboard must be enabled in settings and cannot be hidden, so check out our QuickType keyboard guide first if you need help setting it up.
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Start typing in the Messages text field. Press any emoji predictions that appear in the prediction bar. If more than one prediction is displayed, tap the one you prefer.
Press the Send button. (Looks like an up arrow.)
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Emoji predictions will show up whenever you type something that has a matching emoji. For example, “I am happy” will predict ” [smiley face]. “” My car “will offer the” [car] » emoji.
Pro Council: If you don’t want the emoji to take the place of the word but instead appear next to it, place a space between the word before tapping on the emoji of your choice.
How do you replace words with emoji in Messages?
This “emojification” process works the same as emoji recommendations and will work in both iMessages and standard SMS.
Type a iMessage in the text field. Press the Emoji button on the keyboard.
Press a against which is highlighted in orange to replace it with its corresponding emoji.
Source: iMore Keep typing words highlighted until you have “emojified” everything you want.
Press the Send button (looks like an up arrow).
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With emojification, you can convert as many or as few words into an emoji as you want.
How do you react to a Tapback in an iMessage?
Emoji aren’t just for answering; they are also to react. Apple calls them Tapbacks. They are similar to Slack or Facebook emoji reactions and drop right on any iMessage bubble sent to you.
Long press (long press) or double press a iMessage sent your way.
Press the Tapback you want to send: Heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, Ha ha, !!, or?.
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You do not need to press send; the Tapback reaction goes immediately.
What do the different reactions of Tapback mean?
Theoretically, these Tapback reactions can mean whatever you want. Context is king, and a tapback nudge to your mom can mean something a different one to your best friend. Here’s a basic guide to all of the Tapback reactions available and what they might mean.
Heart: I like, I like or I prefer
Thumbs up: Happy, approve or accept
Thumbs Down: Sad, disapprove or disagree
Haha: Laugh, either happily or sarcastically.
!!: To exclaim emphatically.
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How do I change Tapback’s reaction on an iMessage?
If you respond with the wrong Tapback or later decide you want a different Tapback, you can easily make the change.
Press and hold (long press) or double press a iMessage with the Tapback you want to edit.
Press the Tapback you want to change to: Heart, Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, Ha ha, !!, or?.
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The new Tapback will replace the old one.
How to delete a Tapback reaction on an iMessage?
If you accidentally send a Tapback or simply reconsidered sending one, you can also delete it.
Press a Tapback that you want to delete.
Press the Tapback that you want to delete (i.e. if you want to delete Heart, press Heart.)
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The Tapback will disappear for you and the recipient.
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Using emoji has never been easier, and Tapbacks has made it even easier. Now you can spam these happy and happy pictograms whatever you want. Here’s to having dynamic and fun conversations in just a few clicks.
Updated November 2021: Update for iOS 15.
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