- iOS 16 takes messaging your loved ones
to a whole new level.
These iMessage hacks unlock the enormous potential
of the Messages app so you can communicate
in new and meaningful ways.
Hey!
- Uh sor-, sor-, sorry. - Pay attention.
Let's open the Messages app and tap on a conversation.
Press and hold on the message you wanna reply to,
then tap reply, type in your response,
send it over.
- [David Payette] Sorry babe, recording a vid.
can't talk now.
- In iOS 16, it's really easy to drag and drop messages
from one conversation to another.
First press and hold
on the message that you want to send.
Then tap back to messages and drag it over
to the conversation with the person you wanna send it to.
It also works for videos.
Let's press and hold on that cute cat video,
tap back to messages and drag it over
to the person you wanna send it to.
He's gonna love that.
When you don't have the time
- or energy
- to respond to a message
- or messages,
- you can send a quick response using the tap back feature.
- [David Payette] Press and hold, heart emoji,
works every time.
- But you're a great guy.
You can't just respond with tap backs all the time.
Let's send a message with some pizazz.
- Mm.
- [David Payette] Happy birthday, babe.
Can't wait to see you later.
- You can press and hold
on the send button to send an iMessage with effects.
(sent message alert)
Did you know it also works for GIFs?
Choose the sorry GIF,
press and hold that send button and add a nice effect.
If a GIF is worth a thousand words
how much is an audio message worth?
Let's go back to our conversation with Stewart.
To send an audio message,
tap the blue wave icon,
and then press and hold on the microphone button to record.
- [David Payette] You know, I did.
Do you want to hang out tonight?
- And if you wanna listen to a message privately
just hold your phone up to your ear.
Buy default audio messages expire after two minutes
- Less evidence.
- If you prefer speaking your messages,
iOS 16 takes dictation to a whole new level
with auto punctuation.
Tap the microphone in the lower right hand corner
of the screen and say whatever you want.
- [David Payette] Sorry, babe.
My boss is keeping me late.
- Hold the phone.
There's a problem with your dictation.
- Oh, you're right.
If only there was an easy way to fix it.
- There is.
Press and hold on the space bar
to activate the cursor.
Move the cursor precisely where you want it.
- [David Payette] Hey babe, my boss is letting me
out early tonight.
See you soon.
- When you're holding your coffee in one hand
and your phone in the other,
you can use the one-handed keyboard.
Press and hold the emoji icon in the lower left-hand corner
of the screen and choose the left handed
or right-handed keyboard.
- [Partner] Why are you taking so long to get back to me?
It's like an hour between text with you.
- Let's prove him wrong.
You can swipe right to left
to see which times messages were sent and received.
- [David Payette] It's been 10 minutes, LOL.
(sent, received message alerts)
- [Partner] You're right, I'm sorry.
- Sometimes you'll wanna mark a message as unread,
just so you don't forget to get back to it later.
With iOS 16 you can.
- [David Payette] How much food can one cat eat?
- In the Messages app, find a conversation,
swipe left to right, then let go.
- [David Payette] Not doing that.
- Your significant other means the world to you.
Show 'em how much you care by pinning their conversation
to the top of the Messages app.
To pin a message, press and hold the conversation
and drag it around the screen.
Then drag it to the top and let go.
You can quickly share your location by typing I'm at
with a space and then tapping current location.
- [David Payette] Allow once.
- The most important thing iOS 16 allows you to do
is edit or unsend messages.
- It's especially useful
when you accidentally send a message to the wrong person.
- [David Payette] Can't wait to see you Stuart, hearty face.
- Whoa, did you just send that?
That was not a good idea.
- Oops!
Fortunately, this is an easy fix.
When you wanna edit or unsend a message,
just press and hold on the message
and tap undo send or edit.
Can't wait to see you, Nick.
(sent message alert) - [Partner] Who is Stuart?
- Uh-oh.
- [Partner] I knew you were lying.
You're just like all the other guys.
Mittens is dead.
She died of a broken heart.
- No need to panic.
You can delete that message.
- [David Payette] Press and hold and undo send.
What do you mean, babe?
I didn't send you any message.
Must be a problem with the cell towers.
(sent message alert)
- [Partner] I saw you delete it.
- He's right, the person who receives the message can see
that you've unsent or edited your message.
- [Partner] You (censored) sack of (censored).
- And if the message is edited,
they can see a history of the revisions.
What's more, if they're on an older version of iOS,
they'll see the original message in its entirety.
- [Partner] I'm calling you.
- And if you have a lot of different special friends,
keep in mind iMessages can only be updated five times.
- [David Payette] Babe, I am so sorry.
It was just an accident.
He is nobody.
You're the only one for me.
Oh hey, Stewart, I'll be right there.