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

Apple added a new kind of effect in Messages in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia that let you apply basic styling to selections, like bold or underline, and animate text with effects. These text ...

I use my iPhone’s stock Messages app all day, every day, to communicate with my partner, friends, and family. As such, I’m always messing around with features like stickers, animated GIFs, and Apple ...

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 ...

In iOS 18, Apple has added several new features to its Messages app, one being the ability to add neat text effects to your messages to make them more expressive. The new animated text effects can be ...

Invisible Ink is one of the standout features Apple introduced to iMessage back in 2016, part of a suite of message effects designed to make texting feel more expressive. While others like "Slam" and ...

For example, sending phrases like Happy Birthday, Congratulations, or Happy Anniversary can trigger confetti, balloons, or even fireworks that fill your screen. Google Messages essentially detects the ...

The Messages app becomes more playful -- and more practical if you're out of range -- in the latest iOS update. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of ...

My 20-year-old didn’t like that when they typed “excited” in a text message on their iPhone, iOS automatically seemed to apply a Ripple effect, part of the set of somewhat pointless Text Effects that ...