🤔 iOS 🤔 🔥 18 is 👍 bringing 🎉 major changes 🤔 to the Messages app, with Apple adding 🤔 Tapback reaction 🌈 😂 changes 🔥 new 💯 formatting, updated effects, satellite support, better 🔥 texting 🎉 with 🔥 green 💯 bubble people, and eventually, several fun Apple 🤔 😀 Intelligence features. 😀 😂 This guide 🎉 🤔 highlights 🔥 everything that's new 🎉 🔥 in 💯 the iOS 18 Messages app, and what's coming later. 🤔 Send 🔥 Later 😀 iOS 18 adds 🎉 the option to schedule 👍 an iMessage 🌈 to be sent to someone at a 🌈 later time 🤔 or date. 🎉 If 🔥 you 🔥 😂 know 🔥 someone's 💯 birthday is 🎉 coming 🎉 up, for 😂 example, 🤔 you 🌈 can schedule a 😂 🌈 happy 🤔 birthday 🔥 🤔 👍 text to them ahead of 💯 the date so 🤔 it's ready to 🎉 go. 🤔 Scheduling a 🌈 message can 😀 🌈 be only be 🌈 done in conversations 🔥 with other iMessage users, and it is not 💯 an 🌈 option when texting with 👍 👍 an 🤔 Android 😀 user. 🌈 🎉 It works 😀 in both individual and group chats, as 💯 long as 🔥 👍 all participants 👍 have 🔥 🌈 an Apple 💯 device and access to iMessage. To schedule 🌈 a 🔥 message, 🎉 follow these steps: 😀 Open 🤔 up 💯 🤔 a conversation in the Messages app. 👍 Tap on the "+" 🌈 button 🌈 on 😂 😂 the left side of the 🎉 text box. Tap on 🎉 More. 💯 Choose Send 🔥 Later. Type in your Message. To change the send time, tap on the blue bubble that defaults to Tomorrow 9:00 am. From there, you 💯 will 👍 have 🔥 a 🤔 slider that 🔥 lets 👍 you input a 🔥 😀 date 🤔 🎉 and 💯 a time. 👍 With 😂 your 😀 💯 time 🤔 🔥 selected and your 😂 😂 message 🔥 typed in, tap on the blue 😀 arrow 🎉 to schedule it. 🤔 iPhone 🌈 is 🔥 offline without 😀 a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. 👍 Scheduled 🌈 messages are displayed at the 🎉 bottom 🔥 of 💯 a 🌈 conversation. If 😂 you 🔥 🤔 want to 🌈 change the 🎉 😀 time of a message 😂 🎉 or 😂 cancel it, 👍 tap on the 🎉 "Edit" button. You will have 😀 options to edit the 😂 time, delete the message, or send 💯 it 😀 immediately. Tapback 🎉 Reactions 😂 🔥 Tapbacks are 👍 those 😂 little characters you can use to respond to 🤔 a 👍 message 🎉 by long pressing 🎉 on it, 😀 so 🤔 🤔 😂 you don't need 🔥 to 😀 🔥 type 🌈 out a whole response 😂 to something that can be answered with 💯 👍 a 🌈 🎉 thumbs up or 🔥 a 👍 heart. 🔥 iOS 🤔 18 has two 🔥 key 🤔 💯 updates 😀 🤔 🤔 for 🤔 🎉 Tapbacks. Updated Design The six standard Tapback 😂 icons now feature color and more detail. You 👍 can see the new look 🤔 💯 when 🌈 long 💯 pressing 💯 on a text to 🎉 respond, 😀 and in the Tapbacks 😂 🔥 that you receive. When you 😀 🌈 tap on a 👍 🔥 Tapback you've received on a 👍 message, you 🌈 🎉 can now see 👍 😀 who sent what, which is useful if you are in 🎉 a group chat 🔥 and get multiple 💯 🔥 Tapback responses. 🔥 Emoji Support Along with the six classic Tapback responses, you can 🤔 now 🌈 choose 😀 any 💯 emoji character when using 😂 💯 Tapback. 👍 After 💯 🌈 long 🌈 pressing 😀 to 🔥 respond to 💯 a message, swipe 😀 to the left to 👍 see common emoji 😂 responses or 🤔 tap on the generic emoji 🎉 icon thought 😂 🎉 bubble to bring up the 💯 emoji picker. 👍 You can 😂 🤔 choose 🎉 😀 any emoji, but 😀 you can also select from your 🎉 stickers or your Memoji. 🌈 Tap 🤔 on the 💯 Memoji icon 😂 at the bottom left 😀 🤔 to 😀 get to 😂 Memoji, or the 👍 sticker icon to 🌈 see your 💯 sticker 💯 selections. To 💯 🤔 add one as 💯 a Tapback, 💯 just tap on your selection. Stickers can be hard 😀 😂 to see 🌈 at 🔥 the small size of a 😂 😀 Tapback, but most emoji 🔥 characters and 🌈 Memoji work 😂 well. 💯 💯 RCS 🌈 RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is a 🎉 new text message protocol replacing SMS 🤔 😀 and 🔥 MMS. You'll see it when texting people 😀 who 🌈 don't 😀 😀 have 👍 🔥 iMessage, such 💯 🌈 as 😀 Android users. RCS 🌈 has nothing to 🎉 do with 😂 🤔 iMessage conversations, aka the conversations 😀 💯 you have with other Apple 💯 device 👍 owners (blue bubbles), 🌈 👍 🔥 but 🤔 it 🤔 does improve 💯 texts with green bubble Android users. RCS is 🔥 a more 🎉 modern 👍 🌈 technology 🤔 💯 than SMS, 😂 and it allows for more feature parity in iPhone to 🔥 Android text message conversations. 🎉 Many 🤔 of the 🌈 🔥 frustrations you might 🌈 have encountered 🎉 when texting 🤔 🔥 someone with an 🔥 Android device are resolved with 🤔 🔥 RCS, 😂 such as errors sending photos and videos. Here's 😂 what you'll get with 🌈 RCS: Support 💯 for 🔥 higher resolution 🤔 photos and 💯 videos. Support 😀 😀 for larger file 😂 sizes and 😀 file 🎉 sharing. Audio messages. 🎉 Real-time typing indicators. Read receipts. Ability to 🔥 send 😂 messages 🎉 over cellular or Wi-Fi (SMS is cellular 😂 only). There 🔥 is no cost to send an RCS message over Wi-Fi. Improved group 😀 chats. Again, 🔥 🌈 RCS 😂 👍 only 👍 😀 comes into 💯 😀 play when 👍 you're texting someone who has an Android 👍 device. iMessage 🤔 is still the default 😀 for 💯 🎉 conversations 🎉 between Apple device 👍 owners, 🌈 🔥 and blue 🤔 bubbles and 🌈 😀 green bubbles are not changing. have 😂 a 🤔 full guide on RCS 😀 if you want 😀 😂 to know 👍 more about what 😀 👍 to expect. 🎉 Messages via Satellite Messages via satellite is a new 👍 😀 💯 feature that 💯 lets 👍 you 🎉 send texts even when you 🔥 don't have 🎉 a Wi-Fi or 💯 cellular connection, 🌈 leveraging the satellites that 🎉 Apple 😂 uses for the Emergency SOS via 😀 satellite 🎉 feature. Messages 🌈 via 💯 satellite is available 👍 on 💯 the 🤔 iPhone 14 or later, and you 🌈 can 🤔 send and 👍 receive 👍 both iMessage and SMS messages, so 😀 you're not limited 🎉 👍 to texting with 💯 🤔 😂 just iPhone users. 🌈 👍 Right 😀 now, 🎉 Messages 🎉 via 🎉 satellite is 👍 free, just 😀 like Emergency SOS 🎉 💯 via 👍 💯 satellite. Apple offers two 😂 👍 free 😂 years 😂 of satellite 🎉 access 💯 with an iPhone 🌈 14 or later, but 🎉 the company 🌈 has expanded free access for the 🤔 iPhone 14 😂 until November 2025. Apple has not provided 🎉 any insight into how much it will 😂 eventually charge for satellite access. Smart 😀 🔥 Replies (Apple Intelligence 😂 - iOS 18.1) Using Apple Intelligence, your 🤔 🌈 iPhone can analyze 😂 the 💯 👍 content in 🔥 a message that 😂 🔥 you've received, suggesting 🌈 Smart Reply 👍 options that you 🎉 can 👍 tap for a quick response. 😂 If 💯 someone asks a 🌈 🌈 question like "Do you 💯 want to go 🌈 to the movies?" 🌈 Messages 😀 suggests 🌈 responses 💯 like 🤔 "Sure!" or "Sorry, busy tomorrow." 😂 Smart Replies aren't 💯 an option for 👍 🌈 every message that you 💯 💯 receive, but 😀 Apple often 🔥 has 🎉 a 🔥 suggestion. Smart 🔥 Replies 😀 show 🎉 🌈 up at the top of 🔥 🌈 🔥 the keyboard, where suggestions have 😀 been in prior 💯 👍 versions of 💯 iOS. Smart 👍 Replies 🌈 are 😂 similar 😀 to suggestions, 🔥 🌈 but are 😂 more intelligent 💯 🤔 and are 🤔 often 💯 😂 complete phrases and responses rather than 👍 word 🎉 suggestions that 🔥 pop 👍 👍 up 🌈 as 👍 you type. 😀 To 🌈 🔥 use a 🤔 Smart Reply, just tap 💯 it and it'll 💯 🔥 populate the text box so 👍 🎉 you can 😂 😀 send 🎉 it. 😀 If you 🔥 don't care for 🔥 the suggestion, just ignore it, and 😂 type 😀 in your own response. You'll 🎉 💯 still see suggestions 😀 once you 😂 disregard a Smart 🔥 Reply. Smart Replies are 🤔 an Apple Intelligence Messages feature in iOS 18.1, which 👍 🎉 Apple is 🔥 currently beta testing. Writing Tools (Apple Intelligence - iOS 😀 18.1) 🔥 Writing 😂 😂 Tools aren't 👍 specific 😀 to the Messages app, 💯 but are 💯 a systemwide 🤔 option anywhere you 🔥 can input 😂 🔥 🎉 text. In Messages, 🔥 you can write out 🎉 a text and then select it 🌈 with 😀 a 🔥 tap and 🎉 drag gesture to bring 🤔 up the Writing Tools 🔥 🌈 interface. Here's what Writing 😂 Tools can 😂 do for a text message: Proofread what you've written for spelling and grammar 😂 errors, including word choice and sentence structure. Rewrite with a 🤔 different tone, with options that include Friendly, Professional, 😀 and 🌈 Concise. Summarize what you've written. 🤔 You can 💯 get a 😀 quick summary, pull 😂 out 🌈 key 💯 points, 🎉 create 👍 a 💯 😀 list 🔥 of topics, or 👍 make 🌈 a 🤔 table. 👍 You can tap on the 🤔 various options 😂 to 💯 use 🎉 the Writing Tools, and you can preview 💯 changes 🔥 and decide not to use them 👍 or 🌈 swap 😀 them in 🌈 for what you've written. The Writing Tools 🌈 💯 feature is set to be available in 💯 iOS 18.1. 🌈 Notification Summaries 😂 (Apple 🎉 Intelligence 🌈 - iOS 18.1) 🎉 🌈 If you have 💯 multiple 👍 notifications from the Messages app, 😀 Apple 🤔 Intelligence will 🔥 summarize 😀 them for you 💯 so you 💯 can catch 💯 up 😀 🤔 at a glance 🌈 💯 and 🤔 🤔 see 🔥 😂 what's 🤔 most important without having to read through everything. This works 🎉 for both individual conversations and group conversations, and you can see the summaries 💯 on 🎉 the Lock 👍 🤔 Screen. You'll 🔥 get notification summaries in 🌈 iOS 😂 18.1. Emoji 💯 Design Updates 🤔 When 🌈 you send a single 🎉 👍 emoji to someone 🌈 in iOS 18, the emoji now appears much 👍 larger 🔥 🎉 than before so the 👍 detail is 🔥 easier to see. Emojis in 🌈 😀 💯 other quantities are 🔥 still 🌈 displayed 🔥 at the 🎉 same size. Apple has 🎉 🌈 also 😀 updated 😀 🌈 the emoji 😂 picker. Emoji are displayed 🤔 🎉 🎉 larger and 👍 with more 🤔 🌈 space 😂 between 💯 them, plus the 😀 🌈 Sticker and Memoji interfaces have 😀 been 😂 integrated 💯 into the emoji 🤔 🤔 window. Tapping on the two icons on 👍 the bottom left 😂 of the emoji picker 🌈 will 🔥 take you 😀 😀 🤔 to Memoji and 🌈 🤔 Stickers, respectively. 🔥 You can create 🔥 Memoji and make new 🎉 stickers 🎉 directly from 🎉 the 🌈 🔥 two sections 🤔 that are in the emoji 🤔 picker. 🤔 For stickers, 🌈 select the sticker section and tap on the blank sticker icon. For Memoji, tap into 💯 🤔 the Memoji 🔥 section, tap the three dots, and then choose New, Edit, or Duplicate. Stickers and 😀 Memoji as 👍 Emoji Stickers and Memoji have new dedicated 🤔 sections 🌈 😀 🔥 in 👍 😂 👍 the emoji picker 🌈 💯 because you 🌈 can now 🤔 use a sticker or a Memoji just like an emoji. 🎉 If 🌈 you add a sticker 🌈 🔥 🌈 when 😀 🌈 typing a text, for example, 🌈 it 💯 is 😂 added to the end of 🤔 your 💯 text rather than sent as a 🤔 separate 👍 💯 image. You can still send a full-size 🤔 sticker 🔥 as 🤔 😀 long as you send it 😂 separate 💯 from text. Stickers and 😂 Memoji sent as 🤔 🔥 emoji only display as emoji 👍 😀 on devices 🎉 😀 running iOS 🔥 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 🌈 Sequoia, visionOS 🤔 2, and 🌈 watchOS 11. On earlier versions 💯 🌈 of 👍 iOS, 😂 stickers 🔥 🔥 are sent as 🔥 separate images as before. Text Formatting You can enhance your text 🔥 messages with 🤔 new formatting 🎉 options. After typing something, tap on 👍 the 👍 "A" 🔥 icon 😂 above the keyboard. What 🤔 you've 🎉 typed is selected, and you can add 🎉 bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough formatting. 👍 To add 👍 formatting to just 🤔 one word, double tap 👍 on the word to select it 🔥 and 🎉 then tap 🌈 on the 🎉 "A" icon. You 🤔 can also use 🤔 🎉 the Text Effects option from the popup menu. Formatting can be 🔥 used with 😂 emoji, but 🌈 the bold and italic options 👍 🔥 don't 🎉 🌈 do anything. 😂 😂 Text Effects 👍 Along with the 🔥 💯 😂 bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough formatting, there are new animated 🎉 text effects 🌈 🔥 that 🌈 can 😀 🌈 be applied to 🎉 your 🤔 🌈 entire message, a single word, 🔥 a phrase, 😂 or even 😂 an emoji or 😂 💯 sticker. 🌈 Just 🌈 🤔 select the text that you 🤔 want to add an effect to with a 😂 🔥 double 🤔 tap and then 🌈 tap on 😂 the 😀 "A" 🔥 icon to 😂 get to the 👍 text 👍 effects interface. Options 🤔 include Big, Small, Shake, Nod, Explode, 🔥 🔥 Ripple, 🌈 Bloom, and Jitter. 🤔 In a 😀 conversation 🎉 🔥 with 🔥 🌈 someone running 🤔 iOS 18 🌈 or one 👍 of 😀 its 😂 👍 🎉 sister updates, 🌈 the 🤔 text or 🤔 emoji 😀 😀 that has an effect applied 🌈 😂 to it will 💯 continually 👍 animate 🌈 when 🤔 viewed. 👍 These effects do 🔥 not 🎉 work on earlier versions 🔥 🤔 of 👍 🎉 Apple's operating 😀 systems and simply don't 🔥 💯 show up. Math 😀 Notes The systemwide 🤔 👍 Math 🎉 Notes feature that 🎉 lets your 👍 iPhone 🤔 solve 👍 equations for you works in 🌈 Messages. To 😀 🎉 see 👍 it in 😂 action, 👍 type 🤔 in an equation and you'll 🌈 😀 get an 🌈 immediate answer when you 🌈 add 🎉 in an equals 🔥 sign. Math 💯 Notes also 🎉 works for conversions in the Messages app, 😀 including 💯 currency conversions, 🤔 temperature 😀 conversions, 😀 measurement 🌈 conversions, and more. You 🔥 can use it by 🔥 typing 👍 in 🎉 🌈 your conversion, such 🔥 🌈 as "20 euros 🌈 to 🎉 dollars" and then adding 😂 in an 🎉 🔥 equals sign 💯 😂 to get 🤔 the result. 🤔 Link 👍 Card 🔥 Update Apple 🌈 tweaked the design of link 😂 cards 🤔 in the Messages 😀 app, and 👍 the cards now have colorful backgrounds 🌈 that 😂 match 🌈 the 😂 👍 color 🎉 of the main image in the link, if available. You 💯 can see 🎉 link 💯 card previews 🎉 before 🎉 a link is 👍 👍 sent, 💯 and if 😂 you long press, you can get customization 🤔 options. 👍 Link 🤔 cards can be converted to 👍 a simpler card style 🎉 or transformed into a text link 🎉 💯 that 🎉 🤔 only 😂 shows 🎉 the hyperlink with no 🔥 preview 👍 🤔 at all. 🤔 Image 😀 Playground (Apple Intelligence - Coming Later This 😂 Year) Image Playground 🔥 😀 is an 👍 upcoming Apple Intelligence feature 🌈 🤔 that is designed to let you create 🌈 images 👍 using text-based prompts, much like you can do 🔥 with 😀 other 😂 AI image 👍 🎉 generation platforms. Apple is 😀 🎉 integrating Image Playground 💯 into 🌈 the 🔥 Messages 😂 app, 👍 so you can create and send images without 😀 🤔 having 😀 😀 to swap over to 👍 another 🎉 😀 app. Apple Intelligence can glean 🌈 the gist 🔥 of your 🎉 conversation 😂 from the Messages app 💯 and come up with 🔥 suggestions for 🤔 images 😂 that you might 🌈 want to send. Image 💯 Playground can even incorporate images 🔥 🌈 of 🤔 your friends and family, 🤔 so 🔥 if you're 🌈 chatting with 🌈 a friend, you can 👍 create a silly 😀 image that 🌈 uses the friend's contact photo. Apple 🎉 adds a style 🔥 🎉 to 😂 each image, 🌈 so there is no option 😂 to generate 😀 something that could be mistaken for 🎉 a real photo. You 😀 🔥 can 🤔 choose 🤔 😀 from Animation, 🤔 Illustration, and 🎉 Sketch styles, and all image generation is 💯 😂 done 🌈 🎉 on-device. Genmoji 🎉 (Apple Intelligence 💯 - 😂 Coming 💯 Later 🎉 This Year) Based 💯 🤔 on Image 🌈 👍 Playground, Genmoji lets 🤔 😂 you create custom 🎉 emoji 😂 with 🔥 a 👍 text 👍 prompt. 🌈 Have you 😀 always wanted an 👍 emoji of a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone? It can be made 👍 with 👍 Genmoji. Need a cat 🌈 🔥 made from pizza, or 😂 a flower that's not 🌈 a 😀 rose or a sunflower? 🤔 Genmoji will 🔥 make 🤔 it possible. With the 😂 🔥 Genmoji 🎉 interface, you can describe 💯 🎉 a Genmoji and Apple Intelligence 🎉 will generate 🎉 several options 🌈 😂 for you to choose from. You can even create an emoji based on 👍 the contact 😀 image 😂 😀 of a friend 😀 or family member, similar to Image 🎉 Playground. Genmoji 🤔 behave just 😂 like 👍 👍 emoji 🎉 and 🔥 can 💯 be used in place of emoji. Apple Intelligence Notes To 🔥 use 💯 the upcoming Apple Intelligence features 🔥 Apple 🎉 will 🔥 add to iOS 🤔 18 🔥 in iOS 18.1 🔥 and beyond, 🎉 💯 you need 🔥 an 💯 iPhone 15 Pro, 😀 iPhone 15 Pro Max, 🌈 or 🎉 any 😂 iPhone 16 🔥 🌈 model. M-series iPads and Macs also 🌈 😀 support Apple 🎉 Intelligence. Read More Additional information on new 😂 features 🌈 that 😀 🔥 🔥 Apple has added 🎉 in iOS 18 can be 🤔 found 🔥 in our 💯 🔥 iOS 🤔 18 roundup. 👍 Related Roundups: 😀 iOS 🎉 18, iPadOS 18 Related 😀 Forums: 🌈 iOS 🤔 18, 😂 😂 iPadOS 18 This 🔥 article, "Everything 🌈 🔥 New in the iOS 🔥 18 👍 Messages App" 💯 first appeared 🌈 on MacRumors.com Discuss this 😂 article in our forums https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-messages/ 🌈LynAlden on Nostr: Everything New in the iOS 🤔 🤔 18 Messages 🎉 App 😂 🤔 iOS 🤔 🔥 18 ...
Everything New in the iOS 🤔 🤔 18 Messages 🎉 App 😂 🤔 iOS 🤔 🔥 18 is 👍 bringing 🎉 major changes 🤔 to the Messages app, with Apple adding 🤔 Tapback reaction 🌈 😂 changes 🔥 new 💯 formatting, updated effects, satellite support, better 🔥 texting 🎉 with 🔥 green 💯 bubble people, and eventually, several fun Apple 🤔 😀 Intelligence features. 😀 😂 This guide 🎉 🤔 highlights 🔥 everything that's new 🎉 🔥 in 💯 the iOS 18 Messages app, and what's coming later. 🤔 Send 🔥 Later 😀 iOS 18 adds 🎉 the option to schedule 👍 an iMessage 🌈 to be sent to someone at a 🌈 later time 🤔 or date. 🎉 If 🔥 you 🔥 😂 know 🔥 someone's 💯 birthday is 🎉 coming 🎉 up, for 😂 example, 🤔 you 🌈 can schedule a 😂 🌈 happy 🤔 birthday 🔥 🤔 👍 text to them ahead of 💯 the date so 🤔 it's ready to 🎉 go. 🤔 Scheduling a 🌈 message can 😀 🌈 be only be 🌈 done in conversations 🔥 with other iMessage users, and it is not 💯 an 🌈 option when texting with 👍 👍 an 🤔 Android 😀 user. 🌈 🎉 It works 😀 in both individual and group chats, as 💯 long as 🔥 👍 all participants 👍 have 🔥 🌈 an Apple 💯 device and access to iMessage. To schedule 🌈 a 🔥 message, 🎉 follow these steps: 😀 Open 🤔 up 💯 🤔 a conversation in the Messages app. 👍 Tap on the "+" 🌈 button 🌈 on 😂 😂 the left side of the 🎉 text box. Tap on 🎉 More. 💯 Choose Send 🔥 Later. Type in your Message. To change the send time, tap on the blue bubble that defaults to Tomorrow 9:00 am. From there, you 💯 will 👍 have 🔥 a 🤔 slider that 🔥 lets 👍 you input a 🔥 😀 date 🤔 🎉 and 💯 a time. 👍 With 😂 your 😀 💯 time 🤔 🔥 selected and your 😂 😂 message 🔥 typed in, tap on the blue 😀 arrow 🎉 to schedule it. 🤔 iPhone 🌈 is 🔥 offline without 😀 a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. 👍 Scheduled 🌈 messages are displayed at the 🎉 bottom 🔥 of 💯 a 🌈 conversation. If 😂 you 🔥 🤔 want to 🌈 change the 🎉 😀 time of a message 😂 🎉 or 😂 cancel it, 👍 tap on the 🎉 "Edit" button. You will have 😀 options to edit the 😂 time, delete the message, or send 💯 it 😀 immediately. Tapback 🎉 Reactions 😂 🔥 Tapbacks are 👍 those 😂 little characters you can use to respond to 🤔 a 👍 message 🎉 by long pressing 🎉 on it, 😀 so 🤔 🤔 😂 you don't need 🔥 to 😀 🔥 type 🌈 out a whole response 😂 to something that can be answered with 💯 👍 a 🌈 🎉 thumbs up or 🔥 a 👍 heart. 🔥 iOS 🤔 18 has two 🔥 key 🤔 💯 updates 😀 🤔 🤔 for 🤔 🎉 Tapbacks. Updated Design The six standard Tapback 😂 icons now feature color and more detail. You 👍 can see the new look 🤔 💯 when 🌈 long 💯 pressing 💯 on a text to 🎉 respond, 😀 and in the Tapbacks 😂 🔥 that you receive. When you 😀 🌈 tap on a 👍 🔥 Tapback you've received on a 👍 message, you 🌈 🎉 can now see 👍 😀 who sent what, which is useful if you are in 🎉 a group chat 🔥 and get multiple 💯 🔥 Tapback responses. 🔥 Emoji Support Along with the six classic Tapback responses, you can 🤔 now 🌈 choose 😀 any 💯 emoji character when using 😂 💯 Tapback. 👍 After 💯 🌈 long 🌈 pressing 😀 to 🔥 respond to 💯 a message, swipe 😀 to the left to 👍 see common emoji 😂 responses or 🤔 tap on the generic emoji 🎉 icon thought 😂 🎉 bubble to bring up the 💯 emoji picker. 👍 You can 😂 🤔 choose 🎉 😀 any emoji, but 😀 you can also select from your 🎉 stickers or your Memoji. 🌈 Tap 🤔 on the 💯 Memoji icon 😂 at the bottom left 😀 🤔 to 😀 get to 😂 Memoji, or the 👍 sticker icon to 🌈 see your 💯 sticker 💯 selections. To 💯 🤔 add one as 💯 a Tapback, 💯 just tap on your selection. Stickers can be hard 😀 😂 to see 🌈 at 🔥 the small size of a 😂 😀 Tapback, but most emoji 🔥 characters and 🌈 Memoji work 😂 well. 💯 💯 RCS 🌈 RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is a 🎉 new text message protocol replacing SMS 🤔 😀 and 🔥 MMS. You'll see it when texting people 😀 who 🌈 don't 😀 😀 have 👍 🔥 iMessage, such 💯 🌈 as 😀 Android users. RCS 🌈 has nothing to 🎉 do with 😂 🤔 iMessage conversations, aka the conversations 😀 💯 you have with other Apple 💯 device 👍 owners (blue bubbles), 🌈 👍 🔥 but 🤔 it 🤔 does improve 💯 texts with green bubble Android users. RCS is 🔥 a more 🎉 modern 👍 🌈 technology 🤔 💯 than SMS, 😂 and it allows for more feature parity in iPhone to 🔥 Android text message conversations. 🎉 Many 🤔 of the 🌈 🔥 frustrations you might 🌈 have encountered 🎉 when texting 🤔 🔥 someone with an 🔥 Android device are resolved with 🤔 🔥 RCS, 😂 such as errors sending photos and videos. Here's 😂 what you'll get with 🌈 RCS: Support 💯 for 🔥 higher resolution 🤔 photos and 💯 videos. Support 😀 😀 for larger file 😂 sizes and 😀 file 🎉 sharing. Audio messages. 🎉 Real-time typing indicators. Read receipts. Ability to 🔥 send 😂 messages 🎉 over cellular or Wi-Fi (SMS is cellular 😂 only). There 🔥 is no cost to send an RCS message over Wi-Fi. Improved group 😀 chats. Again, 🔥 🌈 RCS 😂 👍 only 👍 😀 comes into 💯 😀 play when 👍 you're texting someone who has an Android 👍 device. iMessage 🤔 is still the default 😀 for 💯 🎉 conversations 🎉 between Apple device 👍 owners, 🌈 🔥 and blue 🤔 bubbles and 🌈 😀 green bubbles are not changing. have 😂 a 🤔 full guide on RCS 😀 if you want 😀 😂 to know 👍 more about what 😀 👍 to expect. 🎉 Messages via Satellite Messages via satellite is a new 👍 😀 💯 feature that 💯 lets 👍 you 🎉 send texts even when you 🔥 don't have 🎉 a Wi-Fi or 💯 cellular connection, 🌈 leveraging the satellites that 🎉 Apple 😂 uses for the Emergency SOS via 😀 satellite 🎉 feature. Messages 🌈 via 💯 satellite is available 👍 on 💯 the 🤔 iPhone 14 or later, and you 🌈 can 🤔 send and 👍 receive 👍 both iMessage and SMS messages, so 😀 you're not limited 🎉 👍 to texting with 💯 🤔 😂 just iPhone users. 🌈 👍 Right 😀 now, 🎉 Messages 🎉 via 🎉 satellite is 👍 free, just 😀 like Emergency SOS 🎉 💯 via 👍 💯 satellite. Apple offers two 😂 👍 free 😂 years 😂 of satellite 🎉 access 💯 with an iPhone 🌈 14 or later, but 🎉 the company 🌈 has expanded free access for the 🤔 iPhone 14 😂 until November 2025. Apple has not provided 🎉 any insight into how much it will 😂 eventually charge for satellite access. Smart 😀 🔥 Replies (Apple Intelligence 😂 - iOS 18.1) Using Apple Intelligence, your 🤔 🌈 iPhone can analyze 😂 the 💯 👍 content in 🔥 a message that 😂 🔥 you've received, suggesting 🌈 Smart Reply 👍 options that you 🎉 can 👍 tap for a quick response. 😂 If 💯 someone asks a 🌈 🌈 question like "Do you 💯 want to go 🌈 to the movies?" 🌈 Messages 😀 suggests 🌈 responses 💯 like 🤔 "Sure!" or "Sorry, busy tomorrow." 😂 Smart Replies aren't 💯 an option for 👍 🌈 every message that you 💯 💯 receive, but 😀 Apple often 🔥 has 🎉 a 🔥 suggestion. Smart 🔥 Replies 😀 show 🎉 🌈 up at the top of 🔥 🌈 🔥 the keyboard, where suggestions have 😀 been in prior 💯 👍 versions of 💯 iOS. Smart 👍 Replies 🌈 are 😂 similar 😀 to suggestions, 🔥 🌈 but are 😂 more intelligent 💯 🤔 and are 🤔 often 💯 😂 complete phrases and responses rather than 👍 word 🎉 suggestions that 🔥 pop 👍 👍 up 🌈 as 👍 you type. 😀 To 🌈 🔥 use a 🤔 Smart Reply, just tap 💯 it and it'll 💯 🔥 populate the text box so 👍 🎉 you can 😂 😀 send 🎉 it. 😀 If you 🔥 don't care for 🔥 the suggestion, just ignore it, and 😂 type 😀 in your own response. You'll 🎉 💯 still see suggestions 😀 once you 😂 disregard a Smart 🔥 Reply. Smart Replies are 🤔 an Apple Intelligence Messages feature in iOS 18.1, which 👍 🎉 Apple is 🔥 currently beta testing. Writing Tools (Apple Intelligence - iOS 😀 18.1) 🔥 Writing 😂 😂 Tools aren't 👍 specific 😀 to the Messages app, 💯 but are 💯 a systemwide 🤔 option anywhere you 🔥 can input 😂 🔥 🎉 text. In Messages, 🔥 you can write out 🎉 a text and then select it 🌈 with 😀 a 🔥 tap and 🎉 drag gesture to bring 🤔 up the Writing Tools 🔥 🌈 interface. Here's what Writing 😂 Tools can 😂 do for a text message: Proofread what you've written for spelling and grammar 😂 errors, including word choice and sentence structure. Rewrite with a 🤔 different tone, with options that include Friendly, Professional, 😀 and 🌈 Concise. Summarize what you've written. 🤔 You can 💯 get a 😀 quick summary, pull 😂 out 🌈 key 💯 points, 🎉 create 👍 a 💯 😀 list 🔥 of topics, or 👍 make 🌈 a 🤔 table. 👍 You can tap on the 🤔 various options 😂 to 💯 use 🎉 the Writing Tools, and you can preview 💯 changes 🔥 and decide not to use them 👍 or 🌈 swap 😀 them in 🌈 for what you've written. The Writing Tools 🌈 💯 feature is set to be available in 💯 iOS 18.1. 🌈 Notification Summaries 😂 (Apple 🎉 Intelligence 🌈 - iOS 18.1) 🎉 🌈 If you have 💯 multiple 👍 notifications from the Messages app, 😀 Apple 🤔 Intelligence will 🔥 summarize 😀 them for you 💯 so you 💯 can catch 💯 up 😀 🤔 at a glance 🌈 💯 and 🤔 🤔 see 🔥 😂 what's 🤔 most important without having to read through everything. This works 🎉 for both individual conversations and group conversations, and you can see the summaries 💯 on 🎉 the Lock 👍 🤔 Screen. You'll 🔥 get notification summaries in 🌈 iOS 😂 18.1. Emoji 💯 Design Updates 🤔 When 🌈 you send a single 🎉 👍 emoji to someone 🌈 in iOS 18, the emoji now appears much 👍 larger 🔥 🎉 than before so the 👍 detail is 🔥 easier to see. Emojis in 🌈 😀 💯 other quantities are 🔥 still 🌈 displayed 🔥 at the 🎉 same size. Apple has 🎉 🌈 also 😀 updated 😀 🌈 the emoji 😂 picker. Emoji are displayed 🤔 🎉 🎉 larger and 👍 with more 🤔 🌈 space 😂 between 💯 them, plus the 😀 🌈 Sticker and Memoji interfaces have 😀 been 😂 integrated 💯 into the emoji 🤔 🤔 window. Tapping on the two icons on 👍 the bottom left 😂 of the emoji picker 🌈 will 🔥 take you 😀 😀 🤔 to Memoji and 🌈 🤔 Stickers, respectively. 🔥 You can create 🔥 Memoji and make new 🎉 stickers 🎉 directly from 🎉 the 🌈 🔥 two sections 🤔 that are in the emoji 🤔 picker. 🤔 For stickers, 🌈 select the sticker section and tap on the blank sticker icon. For Memoji, tap into 💯 🤔 the Memoji 🔥 section, tap the three dots, and then choose New, Edit, or Duplicate. Stickers and 😀 Memoji as 👍 Emoji Stickers and Memoji have new dedicated 🤔 sections 🌈 😀 🔥 in 👍 😂 👍 the emoji picker 🌈 💯 because you 🌈 can now 🤔 use a sticker or a Memoji just like an emoji. 🎉 If 🌈 you add a sticker 🌈 🔥 🌈 when 😀 🌈 typing a text, for example, 🌈 it 💯 is 😂 added to the end of 🤔 your 💯 text rather than sent as a 🤔 separate 👍 💯 image. You can still send a full-size 🤔 sticker 🔥 as 🤔 😀 long as you send it 😂 separate 💯 from text. Stickers and 😂 Memoji sent as 🤔 🔥 emoji only display as emoji 👍 😀 on devices 🎉 😀 running iOS 🔥 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 🌈 Sequoia, visionOS 🤔 2, and 🌈 watchOS 11. On earlier versions 💯 🌈 of 👍 iOS, 😂 stickers 🔥 🔥 are sent as 🔥 separate images as before. Text Formatting You can enhance your text 🔥 messages with 🤔 new formatting 🎉 options. After typing something, tap on 👍 the 👍 "A" 🔥 icon 😂 above the keyboard. What 🤔 you've 🎉 typed is selected, and you can add 🎉 bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough formatting. 👍 To add 👍 formatting to just 🤔 one word, double tap 👍 on the word to select it 🔥 and 🎉 then tap 🌈 on the 🎉 "A" icon. You 🤔 can also use 🤔 🎉 the Text Effects option from the popup menu. Formatting can be 🔥 used with 😂 emoji, but 🌈 the bold and italic options 👍 🔥 don't 🎉 🌈 do anything. 😂 😂 Text Effects 👍 Along with the 🔥 💯 😂 bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough formatting, there are new animated 🎉 text effects 🌈 🔥 that 🌈 can 😀 🌈 be applied to 🎉 your 🤔 🌈 entire message, a single word, 🔥 a phrase, 😂 or even 😂 an emoji or 😂 💯 sticker. 🌈 Just 🌈 🤔 select the text that you 🤔 want to add an effect to with a 😂 🔥 double 🤔 tap and then 🌈 tap on 😂 the 😀 "A" 🔥 icon to 😂 get to the 👍 text 👍 effects interface. Options 🤔 include Big, Small, Shake, Nod, Explode, 🔥 🔥 Ripple, 🌈 Bloom, and Jitter. 🤔 In a 😀 conversation 🎉 🔥 with 🔥 🌈 someone running 🤔 iOS 18 🌈 or one 👍 of 😀 its 😂 👍 🎉 sister updates, 🌈 the 🤔 text or 🤔 emoji 😀 😀 that has an effect applied 🌈 😂 to it will 💯 continually 👍 animate 🌈 when 🤔 viewed. 👍 These effects do 🔥 not 🎉 work on earlier versions 🔥 🤔 of 👍 🎉 Apple's operating 😀 systems and simply don't 🔥 💯 show up. Math 😀 Notes The systemwide 🤔 👍 Math 🎉 Notes feature that 🎉 lets your 👍 iPhone 🤔 solve 👍 equations for you works in 🌈 Messages. To 😀 🎉 see 👍 it in 😂 action, 👍 type 🤔 in an equation and you'll 🌈 😀 get an 🌈 immediate answer when you 🌈 add 🎉 in an equals 🔥 sign. Math 💯 Notes also 🎉 works for conversions in the Messages app, 😀 including 💯 currency conversions, 🤔 temperature 😀 conversions, 😀 measurement 🌈 conversions, and more. You 🔥 can use it by 🔥 typing 👍 in 🎉 🌈 your conversion, such 🔥 🌈 as "20 euros 🌈 to 🎉 dollars" and then adding 😂 in an 🎉 🔥 equals sign 💯 😂 to get 🤔 the result. 🤔 Link 👍 Card 🔥 Update Apple 🌈 tweaked the design of link 😂 cards 🤔 in the Messages 😀 app, and 👍 the cards now have colorful backgrounds 🌈 that 😂 match 🌈 the 😂 👍 color 🎉 of the main image in the link, if available. You 💯 can see 🎉 link 💯 card previews 🎉 before 🎉 a link is 👍 👍 sent, 💯 and if 😂 you long press, you can get customization 🤔 options. 👍 Link 🤔 cards can be converted to 👍 a simpler card style 🎉 or transformed into a text link 🎉 💯 that 🎉 🤔 only 😂 shows 🎉 the hyperlink with no 🔥 preview 👍 🤔 at all. 🤔 Image 😀 Playground (Apple Intelligence - Coming Later This 😂 Year) Image Playground 🔥 😀 is an 👍 upcoming Apple Intelligence feature 🌈 🤔 that is designed to let you create 🌈 images 👍 using text-based prompts, much like you can do 🔥 with 😀 other 😂 AI image 👍 🎉 generation platforms. Apple is 😀 🎉 integrating Image Playground 💯 into 🌈 the 🔥 Messages 😂 app, 👍 so you can create and send images without 😀 🤔 having 😀 😀 to swap over to 👍 another 🎉 😀 app. Apple Intelligence can glean 🌈 the gist 🔥 of your 🎉 conversation 😂 from the Messages app 💯 and come up with 🔥 suggestions for 🤔 images 😂 that you might 🌈 want to send. Image 💯 Playground can even incorporate images 🔥 🌈 of 🤔 your friends and family, 🤔 so 🔥 if you're 🌈 chatting with 🌈 a friend, you can 👍 create a silly 😀 image that 🌈 uses the friend's contact photo. Apple 🎉 adds a style 🔥 🎉 to 😂 each image, 🌈 so there is no option 😂 to generate 😀 something that could be mistaken for 🎉 a real photo. You 😀 🔥 can 🤔 choose 🤔 😀 from Animation, 🤔 Illustration, and 🎉 Sketch styles, and all image generation is 💯 😂 done 🌈 🎉 on-device. Genmoji 🎉 (Apple Intelligence 💯 - 😂 Coming 💯 Later 🎉 This Year) Based 💯 🤔 on Image 🌈 👍 Playground, Genmoji lets 🤔 😂 you create custom 🎉 emoji 😂 with 🔥 a 👍 text 👍 prompt. 🌈 Have you 😀 always wanted an 👍 emoji of a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone? It can be made 👍 with 👍 Genmoji. Need a cat 🌈 🔥 made from pizza, or 😂 a flower that's not 🌈 a 😀 rose or a sunflower? 🤔 Genmoji will 🔥 make 🤔 it possible. With the 😂 🔥 Genmoji 🎉 interface, you can describe 💯 🎉 a Genmoji and Apple Intelligence 🎉 will generate 🎉 several options 🌈 😂 for you to choose from. You can even create an emoji based on 👍 the contact 😀 image 😂 😀 of a friend 😀 or family member, similar to Image 🎉 Playground. Genmoji 🤔 behave just 😂 like 👍 👍 emoji 🎉 and 🔥 can 💯 be used in place of emoji. Apple Intelligence Notes To 🔥 use 💯 the upcoming Apple Intelligence features 🔥 Apple 🎉 will 🔥 add to iOS 🤔 18 🔥 in iOS 18.1 🔥 and beyond, 🎉 💯 you need 🔥 an 💯 iPhone 15 Pro, 😀 iPhone 15 Pro Max, 🌈 or 🎉 any 😂 iPhone 16 🔥 🌈 model. M-series iPads and Macs also 🌈 😀 support Apple 🎉 Intelligence. Read More Additional information on new 😂 features 🌈 that 😀 🔥 🔥 Apple has added 🎉 in iOS 18 can be 🤔 found 🔥 in our 💯 🔥 iOS 🤔 18 roundup. 👍 Related Roundups: 😀 iOS 🎉 18, iPadOS 18 Related 😀 Forums: 🌈 iOS 🤔 18, 😂 😂 iPadOS 18 This 🔥 article, "Everything 🌈 🔥 New in the iOS 🔥 18 👍 Messages App" 💯 first appeared 🌈 on MacRumors.com Discuss this 😂 article in our forums https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-messages/ 🌈
🤔 iOS 🤔 🔥 18 is 👍 bringing 🎉 major changes 🤔 to the Messages app, with Apple adding 🤔 Tapback reaction 🌈 😂 changes 🔥 new 💯 formatting, updated effects, satellite support, better 🔥 texting 🎉 with 🔥 green 💯 bubble people, and eventually, several fun Apple 🤔 😀 Intelligence features. 😀 😂 This guide 🎉 🤔 highlights 🔥 everything that's new 🎉 🔥 in 💯 the iOS 18 Messages app, and what's coming later. 🤔 Send 🔥 Later 😀 iOS 18 adds 🎉 the option to schedule 👍 an iMessage 🌈 to be sent to someone at a 🌈 later time 🤔 or date. 🎉 If 🔥 you 🔥 😂 know 🔥 someone's 💯 birthday is 🎉 coming 🎉 up, for 😂 example, 🤔 you 🌈 can schedule a 😂 🌈 happy 🤔 birthday 🔥 🤔 👍 text to them ahead of 💯 the date so 🤔 it's ready to 🎉 go. 🤔 Scheduling a 🌈 message can 😀 🌈 be only be 🌈 done in conversations 🔥 with other iMessage users, and it is not 💯 an 🌈 option when texting with 👍 👍 an 🤔 Android 😀 user. 🌈 🎉 It works 😀 in both individual and group chats, as 💯 long as 🔥 👍 all participants 👍 have 🔥 🌈 an Apple 💯 device and access to iMessage. To schedule 🌈 a 🔥 message, 🎉 follow these steps: 😀 Open 🤔 up 💯 🤔 a conversation in the Messages app. 👍 Tap on the "+" 🌈 button 🌈 on 😂 😂 the left side of the 🎉 text box. Tap on 🎉 More. 💯 Choose Send 🔥 Later. Type in your Message. To change the send time, tap on the blue bubble that defaults to Tomorrow 9:00 am. From there, you 💯 will 👍 have 🔥 a 🤔 slider that 🔥 lets 👍 you input a 🔥 😀 date 🤔 🎉 and 💯 a time. 👍 With 😂 your 😀 💯 time 🤔 🔥 selected and your 😂 😂 message 🔥 typed in, tap on the blue 😀 arrow 🎉 to schedule it. 🤔 iPhone 🌈 is 🔥 offline without 😀 a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. 👍 Scheduled 🌈 messages are displayed at the 🎉 bottom 🔥 of 💯 a 🌈 conversation. If 😂 you 🔥 🤔 want to 🌈 change the 🎉 😀 time of a message 😂 🎉 or 😂 cancel it, 👍 tap on the 🎉 "Edit" button. You will have 😀 options to edit the 😂 time, delete the message, or send 💯 it 😀 immediately. Tapback 🎉 Reactions 😂 🔥 Tapbacks are 👍 those 😂 little characters you can use to respond to 🤔 a 👍 message 🎉 by long pressing 🎉 on it, 😀 so 🤔 🤔 😂 you don't need 🔥 to 😀 🔥 type 🌈 out a whole response 😂 to something that can be answered with 💯 👍 a 🌈 🎉 thumbs up or 🔥 a 👍 heart. 🔥 iOS 🤔 18 has two 🔥 key 🤔 💯 updates 😀 🤔 🤔 for 🤔 🎉 Tapbacks. Updated Design The six standard Tapback 😂 icons now feature color and more detail. You 👍 can see the new look 🤔 💯 when 🌈 long 💯 pressing 💯 on a text to 🎉 respond, 😀 and in the Tapbacks 😂 🔥 that you receive. When you 😀 🌈 tap on a 👍 🔥 Tapback you've received on a 👍 message, you 🌈 🎉 can now see 👍 😀 who sent what, which is useful if you are in 🎉 a group chat 🔥 and get multiple 💯 🔥 Tapback responses. 🔥 Emoji Support Along with the six classic Tapback responses, you can 🤔 now 🌈 choose 😀 any 💯 emoji character when using 😂 💯 Tapback. 👍 After 💯 🌈 long 🌈 pressing 😀 to 🔥 respond to 💯 a message, swipe 😀 to the left to 👍 see common emoji 😂 responses or 🤔 tap on the generic emoji 🎉 icon thought 😂 🎉 bubble to bring up the 💯 emoji picker. 👍 You can 😂 🤔 choose 🎉 😀 any emoji, but 😀 you can also select from your 🎉 stickers or your Memoji. 🌈 Tap 🤔 on the 💯 Memoji icon 😂 at the bottom left 😀 🤔 to 😀 get to 😂 Memoji, or the 👍 sticker icon to 🌈 see your 💯 sticker 💯 selections. To 💯 🤔 add one as 💯 a Tapback, 💯 just tap on your selection. Stickers can be hard 😀 😂 to see 🌈 at 🔥 the small size of a 😂 😀 Tapback, but most emoji 🔥 characters and 🌈 Memoji work 😂 well. 💯 💯 RCS 🌈 RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is a 🎉 new text message protocol replacing SMS 🤔 😀 and 🔥 MMS. You'll see it when texting people 😀 who 🌈 don't 😀 😀 have 👍 🔥 iMessage, such 💯 🌈 as 😀 Android users. RCS 🌈 has nothing to 🎉 do with 😂 🤔 iMessage conversations, aka the conversations 😀 💯 you have with other Apple 💯 device 👍 owners (blue bubbles), 🌈 👍 🔥 but 🤔 it 🤔 does improve 💯 texts with green bubble Android users. RCS is 🔥 a more 🎉 modern 👍 🌈 technology 🤔 💯 than SMS, 😂 and it allows for more feature parity in iPhone to 🔥 Android text message conversations. 🎉 Many 🤔 of the 🌈 🔥 frustrations you might 🌈 have encountered 🎉 when texting 🤔 🔥 someone with an 🔥 Android device are resolved with 🤔 🔥 RCS, 😂 such as errors sending photos and videos. Here's 😂 what you'll get with 🌈 RCS: Support 💯 for 🔥 higher resolution 🤔 photos and 💯 videos. Support 😀 😀 for larger file 😂 sizes and 😀 file 🎉 sharing. Audio messages. 🎉 Real-time typing indicators. Read receipts. Ability to 🔥 send 😂 messages 🎉 over cellular or Wi-Fi (SMS is cellular 😂 only). There 🔥 is no cost to send an RCS message over Wi-Fi. Improved group 😀 chats. Again, 🔥 🌈 RCS 😂 👍 only 👍 😀 comes into 💯 😀 play when 👍 you're texting someone who has an Android 👍 device. iMessage 🤔 is still the default 😀 for 💯 🎉 conversations 🎉 between Apple device 👍 owners, 🌈 🔥 and blue 🤔 bubbles and 🌈 😀 green bubbles are not changing. have 😂 a 🤔 full guide on RCS 😀 if you want 😀 😂 to know 👍 more about what 😀 👍 to expect. 🎉 Messages via Satellite Messages via satellite is a new 👍 😀 💯 feature that 💯 lets 👍 you 🎉 send texts even when you 🔥 don't have 🎉 a Wi-Fi or 💯 cellular connection, 🌈 leveraging the satellites that 🎉 Apple 😂 uses for the Emergency SOS via 😀 satellite 🎉 feature. Messages 🌈 via 💯 satellite is available 👍 on 💯 the 🤔 iPhone 14 or later, and you 🌈 can 🤔 send and 👍 receive 👍 both iMessage and SMS messages, so 😀 you're not limited 🎉 👍 to texting with 💯 🤔 😂 just iPhone users. 🌈 👍 Right 😀 now, 🎉 Messages 🎉 via 🎉 satellite is 👍 free, just 😀 like Emergency SOS 🎉 💯 via 👍 💯 satellite. Apple offers two 😂 👍 free 😂 years 😂 of satellite 🎉 access 💯 with an iPhone 🌈 14 or later, but 🎉 the company 🌈 has expanded free access for the 🤔 iPhone 14 😂 until November 2025. Apple has not provided 🎉 any insight into how much it will 😂 eventually charge for satellite access. Smart 😀 🔥 Replies (Apple Intelligence 😂 - iOS 18.1) Using Apple Intelligence, your 🤔 🌈 iPhone can analyze 😂 the 💯 👍 content in 🔥 a message that 😂 🔥 you've received, suggesting 🌈 Smart Reply 👍 options that you 🎉 can 👍 tap for a quick response. 😂 If 💯 someone asks a 🌈 🌈 question like "Do you 💯 want to go 🌈 to the movies?" 🌈 Messages 😀 suggests 🌈 responses 💯 like 🤔 "Sure!" or "Sorry, busy tomorrow." 😂 Smart Replies aren't 💯 an option for 👍 🌈 every message that you 💯 💯 receive, but 😀 Apple often 🔥 has 🎉 a 🔥 suggestion. Smart 🔥 Replies 😀 show 🎉 🌈 up at the top of 🔥 🌈 🔥 the keyboard, where suggestions have 😀 been in prior 💯 👍 versions of 💯 iOS. Smart 👍 Replies 🌈 are 😂 similar 😀 to suggestions, 🔥 🌈 but are 😂 more intelligent 💯 🤔 and are 🤔 often 💯 😂 complete phrases and responses rather than 👍 word 🎉 suggestions that 🔥 pop 👍 👍 up 🌈 as 👍 you type. 😀 To 🌈 🔥 use a 🤔 Smart Reply, just tap 💯 it and it'll 💯 🔥 populate the text box so 👍 🎉 you can 😂 😀 send 🎉 it. 😀 If you 🔥 don't care for 🔥 the suggestion, just ignore it, and 😂 type 😀 in your own response. You'll 🎉 💯 still see suggestions 😀 once you 😂 disregard a Smart 🔥 Reply. Smart Replies are 🤔 an Apple Intelligence Messages feature in iOS 18.1, which 👍 🎉 Apple is 🔥 currently beta testing. Writing Tools (Apple Intelligence - iOS 😀 18.1) 🔥 Writing 😂 😂 Tools aren't 👍 specific 😀 to the Messages app, 💯 but are 💯 a systemwide 🤔 option anywhere you 🔥 can input 😂 🔥 🎉 text. In Messages, 🔥 you can write out 🎉 a text and then select it 🌈 with 😀 a 🔥 tap and 🎉 drag gesture to bring 🤔 up the Writing Tools 🔥 🌈 interface. Here's what Writing 😂 Tools can 😂 do for a text message: Proofread what you've written for spelling and grammar 😂 errors, including word choice and sentence structure. Rewrite with a 🤔 different tone, with options that include Friendly, Professional, 😀 and 🌈 Concise. Summarize what you've written. 🤔 You can 💯 get a 😀 quick summary, pull 😂 out 🌈 key 💯 points, 🎉 create 👍 a 💯 😀 list 🔥 of topics, or 👍 make 🌈 a 🤔 table. 👍 You can tap on the 🤔 various options 😂 to 💯 use 🎉 the Writing Tools, and you can preview 💯 changes 🔥 and decide not to use them 👍 or 🌈 swap 😀 them in 🌈 for what you've written. The Writing Tools 🌈 💯 feature is set to be available in 💯 iOS 18.1. 🌈 Notification Summaries 😂 (Apple 🎉 Intelligence 🌈 - iOS 18.1) 🎉 🌈 If you have 💯 multiple 👍 notifications from the Messages app, 😀 Apple 🤔 Intelligence will 🔥 summarize 😀 them for you 💯 so you 💯 can catch 💯 up 😀 🤔 at a glance 🌈 💯 and 🤔 🤔 see 🔥 😂 what's 🤔 most important without having to read through everything. This works 🎉 for both individual conversations and group conversations, and you can see the summaries 💯 on 🎉 the Lock 👍 🤔 Screen. You'll 🔥 get notification summaries in 🌈 iOS 😂 18.1. Emoji 💯 Design Updates 🤔 When 🌈 you send a single 🎉 👍 emoji to someone 🌈 in iOS 18, the emoji now appears much 👍 larger 🔥 🎉 than before so the 👍 detail is 🔥 easier to see. Emojis in 🌈 😀 💯 other quantities are 🔥 still 🌈 displayed 🔥 at the 🎉 same size. Apple has 🎉 🌈 also 😀 updated 😀 🌈 the emoji 😂 picker. Emoji are displayed 🤔 🎉 🎉 larger and 👍 with more 🤔 🌈 space 😂 between 💯 them, plus the 😀 🌈 Sticker and Memoji interfaces have 😀 been 😂 integrated 💯 into the emoji 🤔 🤔 window. Tapping on the two icons on 👍 the bottom left 😂 of the emoji picker 🌈 will 🔥 take you 😀 😀 🤔 to Memoji and 🌈 🤔 Stickers, respectively. 🔥 You can create 🔥 Memoji and make new 🎉 stickers 🎉 directly from 🎉 the 🌈 🔥 two sections 🤔 that are in the emoji 🤔 picker. 🤔 For stickers, 🌈 select the sticker section and tap on the blank sticker icon. For Memoji, tap into 💯 🤔 the Memoji 🔥 section, tap the three dots, and then choose New, Edit, or Duplicate. Stickers and 😀 Memoji as 👍 Emoji Stickers and Memoji have new dedicated 🤔 sections 🌈 😀 🔥 in 👍 😂 👍 the emoji picker 🌈 💯 because you 🌈 can now 🤔 use a sticker or a Memoji just like an emoji. 🎉 If 🌈 you add a sticker 🌈 🔥 🌈 when 😀 🌈 typing a text, for example, 🌈 it 💯 is 😂 added to the end of 🤔 your 💯 text rather than sent as a 🤔 separate 👍 💯 image. You can still send a full-size 🤔 sticker 🔥 as 🤔 😀 long as you send it 😂 separate 💯 from text. Stickers and 😂 Memoji sent as 🤔 🔥 emoji only display as emoji 👍 😀 on devices 🎉 😀 running iOS 🔥 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 🌈 Sequoia, visionOS 🤔 2, and 🌈 watchOS 11. On earlier versions 💯 🌈 of 👍 iOS, 😂 stickers 🔥 🔥 are sent as 🔥 separate images as before. Text Formatting You can enhance your text 🔥 messages with 🤔 new formatting 🎉 options. After typing something, tap on 👍 the 👍 "A" 🔥 icon 😂 above the keyboard. What 🤔 you've 🎉 typed is selected, and you can add 🎉 bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough formatting. 👍 To add 👍 formatting to just 🤔 one word, double tap 👍 on the word to select it 🔥 and 🎉 then tap 🌈 on the 🎉 "A" icon. You 🤔 can also use 🤔 🎉 the Text Effects option from the popup menu. Formatting can be 🔥 used with 😂 emoji, but 🌈 the bold and italic options 👍 🔥 don't 🎉 🌈 do anything. 😂 😂 Text Effects 👍 Along with the 🔥 💯 😂 bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough formatting, there are new animated 🎉 text effects 🌈 🔥 that 🌈 can 😀 🌈 be applied to 🎉 your 🤔 🌈 entire message, a single word, 🔥 a phrase, 😂 or even 😂 an emoji or 😂 💯 sticker. 🌈 Just 🌈 🤔 select the text that you 🤔 want to add an effect to with a 😂 🔥 double 🤔 tap and then 🌈 tap on 😂 the 😀 "A" 🔥 icon to 😂 get to the 👍 text 👍 effects interface. Options 🤔 include Big, Small, Shake, Nod, Explode, 🔥 🔥 Ripple, 🌈 Bloom, and Jitter. 🤔 In a 😀 conversation 🎉 🔥 with 🔥 🌈 someone running 🤔 iOS 18 🌈 or one 👍 of 😀 its 😂 👍 🎉 sister updates, 🌈 the 🤔 text or 🤔 emoji 😀 😀 that has an effect applied 🌈 😂 to it will 💯 continually 👍 animate 🌈 when 🤔 viewed. 👍 These effects do 🔥 not 🎉 work on earlier versions 🔥 🤔 of 👍 🎉 Apple's operating 😀 systems and simply don't 🔥 💯 show up. Math 😀 Notes The systemwide 🤔 👍 Math 🎉 Notes feature that 🎉 lets your 👍 iPhone 🤔 solve 👍 equations for you works in 🌈 Messages. To 😀 🎉 see 👍 it in 😂 action, 👍 type 🤔 in an equation and you'll 🌈 😀 get an 🌈 immediate answer when you 🌈 add 🎉 in an equals 🔥 sign. Math 💯 Notes also 🎉 works for conversions in the Messages app, 😀 including 💯 currency conversions, 🤔 temperature 😀 conversions, 😀 measurement 🌈 conversions, and more. You 🔥 can use it by 🔥 typing 👍 in 🎉 🌈 your conversion, such 🔥 🌈 as "20 euros 🌈 to 🎉 dollars" and then adding 😂 in an 🎉 🔥 equals sign 💯 😂 to get 🤔 the result. 🤔 Link 👍 Card 🔥 Update Apple 🌈 tweaked the design of link 😂 cards 🤔 in the Messages 😀 app, and 👍 the cards now have colorful backgrounds 🌈 that 😂 match 🌈 the 😂 👍 color 🎉 of the main image in the link, if available. You 💯 can see 🎉 link 💯 card previews 🎉 before 🎉 a link is 👍 👍 sent, 💯 and if 😂 you long press, you can get customization 🤔 options. 👍 Link 🤔 cards can be converted to 👍 a simpler card style 🎉 or transformed into a text link 🎉 💯 that 🎉 🤔 only 😂 shows 🎉 the hyperlink with no 🔥 preview 👍 🤔 at all. 🤔 Image 😀 Playground (Apple Intelligence - Coming Later This 😂 Year) Image Playground 🔥 😀 is an 👍 upcoming Apple Intelligence feature 🌈 🤔 that is designed to let you create 🌈 images 👍 using text-based prompts, much like you can do 🔥 with 😀 other 😂 AI image 👍 🎉 generation platforms. Apple is 😀 🎉 integrating Image Playground 💯 into 🌈 the 🔥 Messages 😂 app, 👍 so you can create and send images without 😀 🤔 having 😀 😀 to swap over to 👍 another 🎉 😀 app. Apple Intelligence can glean 🌈 the gist 🔥 of your 🎉 conversation 😂 from the Messages app 💯 and come up with 🔥 suggestions for 🤔 images 😂 that you might 🌈 want to send. Image 💯 Playground can even incorporate images 🔥 🌈 of 🤔 your friends and family, 🤔 so 🔥 if you're 🌈 chatting with 🌈 a friend, you can 👍 create a silly 😀 image that 🌈 uses the friend's contact photo. Apple 🎉 adds a style 🔥 🎉 to 😂 each image, 🌈 so there is no option 😂 to generate 😀 something that could be mistaken for 🎉 a real photo. You 😀 🔥 can 🤔 choose 🤔 😀 from Animation, 🤔 Illustration, and 🎉 Sketch styles, and all image generation is 💯 😂 done 🌈 🎉 on-device. Genmoji 🎉 (Apple Intelligence 💯 - 😂 Coming 💯 Later 🎉 This Year) Based 💯 🤔 on Image 🌈 👍 Playground, Genmoji lets 🤔 😂 you create custom 🎉 emoji 😂 with 🔥 a 👍 text 👍 prompt. 🌈 Have you 😀 always wanted an 👍 emoji of a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone? It can be made 👍 with 👍 Genmoji. Need a cat 🌈 🔥 made from pizza, or 😂 a flower that's not 🌈 a 😀 rose or a sunflower? 🤔 Genmoji will 🔥 make 🤔 it possible. With the 😂 🔥 Genmoji 🎉 interface, you can describe 💯 🎉 a Genmoji and Apple Intelligence 🎉 will generate 🎉 several options 🌈 😂 for you to choose from. You can even create an emoji based on 👍 the contact 😀 image 😂 😀 of a friend 😀 or family member, similar to Image 🎉 Playground. Genmoji 🤔 behave just 😂 like 👍 👍 emoji 🎉 and 🔥 can 💯 be used in place of emoji. Apple Intelligence Notes To 🔥 use 💯 the upcoming Apple Intelligence features 🔥 Apple 🎉 will 🔥 add to iOS 🤔 18 🔥 in iOS 18.1 🔥 and beyond, 🎉 💯 you need 🔥 an 💯 iPhone 15 Pro, 😀 iPhone 15 Pro Max, 🌈 or 🎉 any 😂 iPhone 16 🔥 🌈 model. M-series iPads and Macs also 🌈 😀 support Apple 🎉 Intelligence. Read More Additional information on new 😂 features 🌈 that 😀 🔥 🔥 Apple has added 🎉 in iOS 18 can be 🤔 found 🔥 in our 💯 🔥 iOS 🤔 18 roundup. 👍 Related Roundups: 😀 iOS 🎉 18, iPadOS 18 Related 😀 Forums: 🌈 iOS 🤔 18, 😂 😂 iPadOS 18 This 🔥 article, "Everything 🌈 🔥 New in the iOS 🔥 18 👍 Messages App" 💯 first appeared 🌈 on MacRumors.com Discuss this 😂 article in our forums https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-messages/ 🌈