I use my iPhone’s stock Messages app all day, every day, to communicate with my partner, friends, and family. As such, I’m always messing around with features like stickers, animated GIFs, and Apple ...

When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

Strings and flags within Google Messages highlight upcoming features, such as camera effects for the internal Camera activity within the app. Flags also indicate that Google could be experimenting ...

Full-screen message effects are among the most fun-to-use features in iMessage, and now they're becoming a lot easier to use in Google Messages for Android, too. In the latest Google Messages beta, ...

Google Messages, the popular messaging app that comes pre-installed on many Android smartphones, is set to receive significant upgrades with the addition of several useful features. With over 1 ...

Get ready to jazz up your iMessages. According to a MacRumors story citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter,” iOS 18 is going to take the fun text effects a step further by allowing you to ...

Google Messages recently introduced a new way to trigger Screen Effects by sending a pair of emojis in chats. The app is now testing the ability to trigger Screen Effects with a single emoji in the ...

Google also mentioned “it’s snowing” last year, but we’re not seeing that available yet. In all, Google teased “15+ hidden Screen Effects prompt words.” They work in both RCS and SMS conversations, ...

Happy 4th July for those that celebrate! If you aren’t meeting up with people in person this year, you can use iMessage to send some virtual fireworks celebrations … iMessage effects were first ...