APPLE fans have discovered a clever emoji trick that lets you send a brand new type of text message.
The feature is built directly into Apple’s iMessage – but it’s easy to miss unless you know it’s there.
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It lets you stack emoji on top of each other in an iMessage so you can create a small little scene.
You can resize and reorient emoji – and place them over each other to look exactly how you’d like.
The feature was revealed in a Reddit thread that earned around 200 upvotes.
One iPhone fan replied that it was the “greatest of all time Apple feature”.
Another said: “Thanks lol. I did not know that either.”
HOW TO STACK EMOJI ON IPHONE
First, you’ll need to make sure you’re using iMessage inside the official iOS Messages app on iPhone.
Then send an emoji of your choosing.
Now tap and hold an emoji then drag it upwards, and you can drop it on top of an emoji that you’ve already sent.
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This won’t work if you haven’t yet sent the first emoji and it’s still in the draft box.
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You can add multiple emoji and place them in different and amusing positions.
It’s also possible to use a second finger to drag outwards while holding an emoji to make it larger.
And you can rotate emoji by twisting it using your second finger.
Try different combinations to create fun emoji scenes for friends.
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There are plenty of other little-known iMessage tricks that you might have missed.
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For instance, you can send “invisible” texts on iPhone using a hidden menu.
These messages are blurred out and can’t be read unless you tap on it.
It helps to stop “shoulder surfers” reading messages, and allows you to discuss movie or TV spoilers in a group chat.
To send an Invisible Ink message, type out some text in a chat and then hold down on the Send button.
This pulls up a hidden menu with several options on the right-hand side.
You want to choose Invisible Ink and then hit send.
This will send an invisible message that only reveals itself when tapped or rubbed.
Another iMessage trick involves triggering special effects by tapping in special codewords or phrases.
Send any of these as a text and it’ll trigger an effect:
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- Happy New Year
- Happy Chinese New Year
- Happy Birthday
- Pew Pew
- Congratulations
- Congrats
The effect will also appear on the recipient’s phone.
iPhone tricks to try today
Here are some of the best…
- Typing cursor – When typing, hold down the space bar to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, letting you move around words and sentences more easily
- Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapped squares in the bottom right-hand corner, and press close all tabs
- Delete lots of photos quickly – Hold down on a photo and then drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select lots of images at once, then hit delete
- Convert currency quickly – Swipe down from the top of your Home screen, then tap in the bar and type a currency (like €200) and it will automatically covert to your local currency
- Check if you’re due a battery upgrade – Batteries inside smartphones degrade over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health, and check out the Maximum Capacity reading. Generally a battery is considered worn when you’re down to 80% capacity. If you’re below, you can buy a battery swap from Apple
- Move apps around faster – Hold an app until it starts wiggling, then (while still holding) tap other apps, causing them to stack so you can move them around easier
