iPhone message is one of the improved features with the release of iOS 10, which looks a lot more like Facebook Messenger. Apple added features like Stickers, “Tapbacks” and even apps that you miss within Messages. In this post, we will walk you through these new messages features in iOS 10.
Better Bubbles, Full Screen Animations
When you send a regular message you can now choose to provide added emphasis that the recipient will see when they finally get round to reading it. You can also send a full screen animation to accompany your message, which is handy if you’re celebrating a birthday or eager to share some news.
To activate these new features, simply type your message as you normally would, then Force Touch the “up arrow” send button. If you have an older device, you can tap and hold the button instead. This will bring up a screen with two tabs: Bubble and Screen. The full list of Bubble animations is as follows:
Slam — Your message will “slam” onto the page, as if it were thrown.
Loud — This one imitates shouting, with emphasis applied to each word in turn.
Gentle — Your message first starts off almost too small to read, then grows to regular size a bit like a whisper.
Invisible Ink — A great new privacy feature which pixellates the text and requires the recipient swipe their finger over your message to read it.
On the Screen tab you’ll be able to send full-screen animations which take over the whole conversation when the message is read. You can choose from:
Balloons — As you’d expect, balloons cover the screen from the bottom to the top.
Confetti — From the top down, confetti will fall onto the screen.
Lasers — Disco lasers, not James Bond style lasers.
Fireworks — Ideal for your “Happy New Year!” texts, I guess.
Shooting Star — Probably the most interesting effect, a single shooting star flies across screen.
Each effect will allow you to preview before you select it, but remember that users on iOS 9 or below won’t be able to see the effect.
Reply With Tapbacks
Save yourself from typing “lol” or searching for a suitable emoji with Tapbacks, which lets you react to certain messages with one of six icons: heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, HaHa, etc. To reply to a message simply Force Touch (or tap and hold on older devices) and choose a suitable response.
You can change your response by bringing up the Tapback menu again, or remove it completely by choosing the same response. Your recipient will be notified of your Tapback just like you’d sent them a message you typed out yourself. This makes replying in-line even quicker than before.
Stickers & Apps for Messages
Probably in response to a similar Facebook feature, Apple is adding stickers to iOS 10 alongside a fully fledged App Store.
Just like Tapbacks, these stickers can be used to reply directly to photos and messages by dragging and dropping them directly onto the conversation. To access the new features, tap the < icon next to the message box and hit the App Store icon. From here you can choose from your most recently used stickers and apps.
Send Drawings, Annotate Images
New inking tools are also included in iOS 10 — simply turn your device sideways to reveal the canvas (or hit the squiggly-line icon in the bottom-right corner if the feature doesn’t automatically show).
Scrawl your message, then send it, and your recipient will see it play back as you wrote it (or drew it). Messages will save them along the bottom of the interface so you can use them again. To remove one, simply tap and hold, then hit the “X” to delete.
Bigger Better Emoji Support
Emoji are automatically three times larger in iOS 10, which is great because they’ve previously been a bit too small to appreciate. You can send regular old emoji the same way you always have, by tapping the emoji keyboard button and making a selection from the many categories.
Automatically Expanding Web Content
You won’t need to do anything to enable this feature, as all supported web content will automatically expand within the Messages app. Links sent in a conversation will be replaced with a thumbnail preview, while other content will fully expand like YouTube videos which can be watched with a simple tap. If you want to open the link directly in Safari, just tap on the text at the bottom of the message.
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