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Send a message with effects
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With message effects, you can use bubble effects to change the way your message bubbles look, or use full-screen effects to animate the screen. You can even add a Memoji sticker with bubble effects or full-screen effects.
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Add a bubble effect
- Open Messages and tap the Compose button to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation.
- Enter your message or insert a photo, then touch and hold the Send button .
- Tap the gray dot to preview bubble effects.
- Tap the Send button .
To replay a message effect that you receive, tap the Replay button under the message. If you can't receive bubble effects, check your Reduce Motion settings.
Add a full-screen effect
- Open Messages and tap the Compose button to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation.
- Enter your message.
- Touch and hold the Send button , then tap Screen.
- Swipe to the left to see full-screen effects.
- Tap the Send button .
To replay a message effect that you receive, tap the Replay button under the message. If you can't receive full-screen effects, check your Reduce Motion settings.
Send a message with Camera Effects
With Camera Effects in iOS 12 and later, and iPadOS, you can liven up your conversations even more. Quickly create and share a photo or video with Memoji, filters, text, fun stickers, and more. Follow these steps:
- Open Messages and tap the Compose button to create a new message. Or go to an existing conversation.
- Tap the Camera button .
- Tap the Effects button , then select one of the effects, like Memoji* or an iMessage app. You can add more than one effect to a photo or video.
- After you select the effect that you want to use, tap Done.
- Tap the Send button or tap Done to add a personal message. If you don't want to send the photo, tap the icon in the upper-right corner of the photo.
You need a compatible iPhone or iPad to use Memoji.
Respond to a message with expressions
With Tapback, you can quickly reply to messages with expressions, like a thumbs up or a heart. Here's how:
- Open a conversation in Messages.
- Double-tap the message bubble or photo that you want to respond to.
- Select the Tapback that you want to send.
You can also use Tapback in group messages. To see who replied with a Tapback, tap it.
Send a handwritten message
You can personalize your messages by adding a note in your own handwriting. Your friends and family will see the message animate, as if it were being written in front of them. To send a handwritten note, follow these steps:
- Open Messages and tap the Compose button to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation.
- If you have an iPhone, turn it sideways and tap on the keyboard. On an iPad, there's no need to turn it sideways, just tap on the keyboard.
- Write your message or select one of the options at the bottom of the screen.
- If you need to start over, tap Undo or Clear. When you're finished, tap Done. Then tap the Send button .
Do more with Messages
- Learn how to use Memoji to mirror your expressions through messages.
- Use Digital Touch to send sketches, taps, and even a heartbeat.
- Use iMessage apps to create and share content, share a song, add stickers to photos, and more.
- If you have Reduce Motion on, you can't receive message effects.
Cool Imessage Tricks
When you see a friend crew that's super close, there's no doubt there's also a group chat between them that's lighting up all day, every day. You know that's true with your best friends, too. You're constantly texting back and forth, hashing out weekend plans, and sending funny links to YouTube videos or memes. Whenever you see something hilarious, the first people you want to share it with are your best friends. That's why you need a group chat name that perfectly matches your vibes, and I've collected a list of funny group chat names for iMessage you should look over with your friends.
If you have an iPhone, you're all too familiar with the blue texting bubbles you send back and forth via iMessage. You also know what a bummer it is when you see those green text bubbles instead. In iMessage, you can react to texts with a thumbs up, a heart, or even a 'Haha' when something your friend says is really funny. (Don't even get me started on how sad it is that you can't do that when it's not a fully iMessage group.) That's why when you group text all of your friends and see blue, it's honestly a win for everyone involved. You can even carry on the conversation on your laptop, Apple Watch, and iPad.
The only thing you need next is a great chat name. No need to come up with something on your own, because I've already done the work for you and assembled these 50 funny group chat names. Just pick the one that has your entire group LOL-ing, and you're set to text away.
1. The Blue Crew
2. Cyantifically Proven
3. This Chat Blue My Mind
4. Let's Taco 'Bout It
5. iMessage uMessage We All Message
6. Grapeful For Our Friendship
7. Love You Berry Much
8. The Dream Team
9. The Apple Of My Eye
10. Grape Pear
11. Lettuce Talk
12. iMessage You All Day
13. Birds Of A Feather iMessage Together
14. Private Party
15. BFFs Only
16. Meme Team
17. None Of Your Business
18. We Are Family Plans
19. Meow Friends
20. Two Birds One Phone
21. Taters Gonna Tate
22. iMessage Posse
23. Eyes On The Fries
24. Just Some Pizza Gossip
25. The Chatters
26. The One And Onlys
27. The Chats Meow
28. Pudding It Together
29. Members Only
30. 404! Group Name Does Not Exist
31. Blues Clues
32. We're Blue Da Ba Dee
33. iLove This Group Chat
34. WiFi-nally Found Each Other
35. Game Of Phones
Cool Imessage Group Chat Names
36. iMessage To iMessage
37. Stick Together Like Blue
38. 50 Shades Of Slay
39. Stole A Pizza My Heart
40. The Lucky Charms
41. Blue Vibes Only
42. F.R.I.E.N.D.S
43. Open 24/7
44. Mint To Be Friends
45. Cannot Espresso How Much You Bean To Me
46. Unicorny Friends
47. Good Chives Only
48. We're All That And Dim Sum
49. My Beys
50. The Band's All Here