Apple's iOS 18 brings many new features, including new features and improvements to the Messages app. This year, the Messages app has received a much-needed update. iMessage scheduling, Tapbacks, formatting options, and all new text effects. Until now, you could send balloons and fireworks in your messages, but now you can make your words shake, explode, or bloom with text effects on iOS 18. Excited already? Let me show you how to use text effects in iOS 18 on iPhone.
Use the Text Effects Feature in iOS 18
With the new Text Effects feature in iOS 18, you can apply dynamic, animated effects to individual words, phrases, or emojis. Currently, you get to choose from eight text animation options, including big, small, shake, nod, explode, ripple, bloom, and tremble. Different iOS 17 check-in And unlike iOS 18's Send Later feature, Text Effects isn't a separate app. You can apply effects to text in iOS after you've typed a message but haven't sent it yet. Here's how to use iOS 18 text effects:
- Make sure you have iOS 18 installed on your iPhone.
- Open Messages App On your iPhone.
- Now, go to an existing conversation or start a new conversation.
- Type the message you want to send.
- Now, Choose different words, phrase, or entire text to which you want to apply the text effect.
- Tap on Text Effects Click the option. You may have to tap the arrows to move between options.
- This will bring up an iOS pop-up with formatting options (bold, italics, and strikethrough) and eight animated effects to choose from. Along with the name, they also show the text effect applied to that name.
- Tap the animated effect and it will be applied to the highlighted text in your message.
- If you like that effect, you can tap on it Send button. If not, you can try other effects.
- That's it! You've applied special effects to iPhone messages.
At the moment, you can add text effects to iMessage in iOS 18. Since the latest iOS brings RCS support for iPhonesThe text effects feature can also be supported for Android users.
Did you like the new text effects in iOS 18? Which one of all the new features did you like the most? Don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments below.
