With iOS, you can add various message effects to iMessage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to make your texts even more creative.
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Use Special Effects in iMessages on iPhone
Your communication can be improved and your texts can become more entertaining and pleasurable by including special effects and animations.
One illustration of this is the bubble effect, in which the screen is filled with the bubble of your choice—Loud, Slam, Gentle, or Invisible Ink—as soon as the message is delivered or received.
Your text discussions will become more fascinating right away as a result, making them distinctive and memorable.
Similar full-screen animations are available in iMessages, such the Echo effect, which makes your text messages repeat themselves on the screen in a wave-like rhythm.
Another popular option is the "confetti effect," which fills the screen with vibrant confetti to create a happy and cheerful ambiance. When you want to express congrats or best wishes on noteworthy events like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, this is especially helpful.
To use special effects in iMessages on an iPhone, follow these steps:
- Open the Messages app on your iPhone.
- Tap on the conversation thread with the person you want to send the message to, or start a new conversation by tapping the pencil icon in the top-right corner and selecting a contact.
- Type your message in the text input field as you normally would.
- To access the special effects options, press and hold the blue send arrow (or the "up" arrow, depending on your iOS version) located to the right of the text input field.
- After holding the send arrow, a menu will appear with different options for special effects. These include:
- Bubble effects: These affect the way the text bubble appears when the message is sent. You can choose from the following options:
- Slam: The message appears with a slamming effect.
- Loud: The message appears with a loud effect.
- Gentle: The message appears with a gentle effect.
- Invisible Ink: The message is initially hidden and can be revealed by the recipient by swiping over it.
- Screen effects: These affect the entire screen when the message is sent. You can choose from the following options:
- Balloons: Colorful balloons float up from the bottom of the screen.
- Confetti: Multicolored confetti falls from the top of the screen.
- Lasers: The screen is filled with animated lasers.
- Fireworks: Vibrant fireworks explode across the screen.
- Shooting Star: A shooting star streaks across the screen.
- Swipe left or right to select the desired effect.
- Once you've chosen an effect, tap the blue send arrow to send the message with the selected special effect.
Note: Special effects only work when both you and the recipient are using iMessage. If the recipient is using a non-Apple device or has iMessage turned off, the effects may not be visible to them, and the message will appear as a standard text message.
That's it! You've successfully used special effects in iMessages on your iPhone. Have fun sending creative and engaging messages to your friends and family.
Here’s how to add a full-screen effect in iMessage:
- To begin a new message, open Messages and hit the Compose button. or join a current conversation.
- Type your message here.
- Tap Screen after touching and holding the Send message button.
- To view full-screen effects, swipe left.
- Press the Send button to send a message.
Tap the Replay button replay message effect next to the message you want to replay to do so.
To see it in action, watch the Apple support video on YouTube that follows.