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 ...

You can use iPhone texting effects to make your texts rain confetti, shoot lasers, blow up like a balloon, and more.

Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, and that update brought a few bug fixes to your iPhone. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, the update made texting a little more fun by introducing new ...

You can add colorful animations to your iPhone texts using secret codes that few people know about. All you need to do is send someone a special trigger word over iMessage to activate each effect – ...

Apple's iOS 18 software update brought plenty of new features, including to the Messages app. The addition of cool new text effects gives iPhone owners new ways to communicate and they're surprisingly ...

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