I'm gonna be sharing some new and old iPhone messaging tips that you probably
didn't even know existed. Keep on watching.
Before we start you want to make sure your phone is up-to-date.
You can do this by going into Settings
scroll down to General and then into software update.
Okay so open up the messages app and clicking on the
three dots at the top here will give you an
option to edit your name and photo and here you can create your Memoji.
You can also go into Settings scroll down to messages and here you can share your
name and photo.
And here you'll be able to choose a Memoji or an animoji and
you'll also be able to select a pose.
Once you've chosen your picture you can
scale it and you can also change the background-color.
Once you're all done with the setup you can just choose how to share it.
And if you do want to share
your name and photo you just need to make sure that you switch on the green
button for name and photo sharing.
Click on edit underneath your profile picture
any time you want to change or delete it.
Going back to the messages app, clicking on the little heart icon here will
let you create your own animated sketch or message so it's more personal and
it's a great way to express what you're feeling.
Clicking on the face icon will
bring up all your Memoji's and Animoji's so that's a great way to send facial expressions.
And now Apple finally has the swipe typing feature and it works pretty accurately.
Just swipe your finger across the letters stop at each word and then
keep on swiping you don't need to lift up your finger.
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And now editing has become so much easier just tap it in the message and drag the cursor to wherever
it is you want to change. Whereas before you would use the spacebar and you could
only move one letter at a time.
Flip your phone sideways into landscape
mode and click on the little squiggle icon here and you'll have an option to
handwrite a message. You'll have some templates at the bottom that you can use
or you can handwrite your own message. Any corrections click on Undo
and then click on done.
Another cool feature is once you've typed your message, if you click on the blue arrow
and hold it down for a second or two you have an
option to send it with an effect. The screen tab will have a full-screen
effect and if you just swipe through you'll have more screen effect options.
Under the Bubble tab, you'll be able to select an effect for the speech bubble.
When you select the invisible ink option it'll be sent as a blurry message so
when the receiver receives the message they need to swipe their finger over it
to be able to read the full message and after a few seconds, It'll turn back to blurry again.
And to give a quick reply back just double tap the message and you
can choose an expression reply.
If you want to see when your messages were sent
just swipe to the left and you'll see the timestamps, let go and then they'll hide again.
Another time-saving feature for the keyboard is, if you press and
hold certain letters you have an option to choose special characters and that
works on the number keyboard as well. Numbers 1 to 9 don't have any special
characters but 0 also has a little degree symbol.
So if you guys didn't know about this already then you should definitely try it out because it will
save you a lot of time. I honestly didn't know about this until I started playing
around with my phone very recently. And if anybody else has any other tips
to share with everybody please do so in the comments below.
So another keyboard feature is, if you click and hold the smiley face you have an
option to change your keyboard settings. it will shift your keyboard to the right side
or the left side if you're planning on using it one-handed and it makes typing or swiping much faster.
Press the spacebar twice and you can put a
full-stop or a period at the end of every sentence without having to switch
to the symbols keyboard. How cool is that?
And if you want to add any other languages to your keyboard, just head on over to keyboard settings.
do let me know in the comments below if you did or didn't know about any of these features.
Thanks for watching. I hope you found this video useful please don't forget to
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