Make the most of your iPhone’s full potential with iOS 17
Apple has introduced big improvements in iOS 17. The latest version of the iPhone operating system offers a wide variety of features that give users new ways to improve the performance of their devices. Apple’s software engineers have integrated new features into many of its native apps, including the platform iMessage.
Among the many new features of Messages in iOS 17 are a series of secret tips of great interest with which you can make the most of all the potential of iMessage on iPhone. These secret tips will make your iPhone chatting experience much more convenient and enjoyable.
With the arrival of iOS 17, Apple’s Messages app welcomed major features such as arrival notification, which relies on a user’s location to notify their contacts that they have arrived at their destination safely; or like Location, which allows (finally) to share the location on the map or other addresses. But there is much more…
iMessage tips for iPhone and iPad
Without further ado, we begin with our selection of secret tips for the iPhone Messages app or, in other words, Apple’s iMessage instant messaging platform. You probably don’t know any of them yet!
How to use emojis as stickers
Did you know that with iOS 17 it is now possible to turn any emoji into a sticker? Yes, yes, as you read! You can share your favorite emoji on a sticker with all the benefits that comes with it. You can position it in any area of Messages chat conversations and change its size.
- Open posts in iOS 17.
- Enable emoji keyboard.
- Hold your finger on an emoji and drag it into the text field of your messages.
- If you hold your finger on the emoji (sticker), once sent you will be able to save it to your image gallery.
Of course, you can also drag your emojis to any chat area to react to messages, videos and images with your favorite emojis.
How to customize the menu
Apple introduced a new drop-down menu in iOS 17 which brings together all the functions that were previously available in the keyboard toolbar. A menu with a minimalist design that gives access to: App Store, Digital Touch, Photos, Camera, Arrival notification, etc.
This new iMessage menu is accessible via the (+) button next to the text field. I’m sure you already knew that, but What you probably didn’t know is that items on this menu can be customized. A very intuitive and extremely useful tip for using the functions most important to you. You can rearrange the order of each menu section by following these steps:
- Open posts in iOS 17.
- Access a chat conversation.
- Push the button (+) to display the menu.
- Hold your finger on a menu section and drag it to the desired location.
How to access your photos faster
The arrival of the Messages drop-down menu in iOS 17 is a blessing. But it is true that we waste a little more time when accessing functions like the camera or photo albums. Well, luckily there is also a trick to speed up opening photo albums to send an image. A secret trick that very few iOS 17 users know.
- Open posts on your iPhone.
- Enter any chat.
- Then hold your finger pressed on the button (+) of the menu.
How to use Quick Reply to Messages
Apple included quick reply to messages in iOS 16 as well as options for editing and canceling messages. To activate it and reply to a specific message, you have to tap on it, but did you know that there is a secret trick to reply faster?
- Open the app posts in iOS 17.
- Access a chat conversation.
- Swipe right about a message.
- Write and send your response.
How to Throw a “Hard Punch”
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iMessage special effects give a lot of play when it comes to using emoji and sticker tricks. In the same way that you can send a meteor shower with emojis, it is also possible throw a punch with force effect or a bomb about to explode
- Open posts in iOS 17.
- Access the panel emojis.
- Drag the first emoji into the text field.
- Keep your finger pressed on the send button.
- Select bubble effect “Force”.
In addition, we also invite you to try the combination of the bomb emoji with the “Scream” effect. The possibilities are limitless!
How to create a Live Sticker with a Live Photo
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One of the wonderful options that iMessage gives us with iOS 17 is the creation of Live Stickers through Apple’s new sticker tool. Live Stickers are animated stickers with movement which you can send as if it were some sort of miniature GIF. The background of the images is automatically removed from the sticker and allows for a much more expressive form of communication.
- Open posts in iOS 17.
- Access a chat conversation.
- Push the button (+) to access the menu.
- Select the section Stickers.
- Push the button (+) to create a sticker.
- Select one Live photo.
- Finally click on Add a sticker.
How to record audio messages
Apple has completely reimagined the design of the GUI of audio messages or voice notes on its iMessage platform in iOS 17. They have a visual aesthetic more in line with the operating system and offer very useful features like transcription in text or speed of reproduction. Now audios can also be save in Voice Memos app.
- Open posts in iOS 17.
- Tap and hold your finger on an audio message.
- Select the option “Save to Voice Memos”.
How to adjust the speed of audio messages
Another of the coolest features of Audio Messages in iOS 17 is the ability to adjust the playback speed. We can speed up voice notes like in other apps like WhatsApp to listen to audio at a faster speed.
- Open posts on your iPhone.
- Start a chat conversation.
- Press and hold the Play button of an audio message.
- Select the audio playback speed.
It is important to note that to adjust the playback speed you must press and hold the “play” button and not on the audio message itself.
How to request the location of a contact
The new location feature allows iMessage users to share their location through a system based on the Maps app. Furthermore, it is also possible request the location of a contact to know where they are on the map. This is a very useful function for finding yourself at a meeting point, picking up someone, or making sure they are okay. Much more visual and effective than the typical “pasa ubi”, right?
- Enter posts with your iPhone.
- Access a chat conversation.
- Click the contact name.
- Select the option Request location.
How to use search filters
iMessage chat conversations do not have a search section, it is located directly on the main messages screen. And now with iOS 17 you can use search filters with contacts, messages, images, links and much more.
- Open posts in iOS 17.
- Swipe down in the discussion list.
- Click the search box.
- Enter a contact name.
- Select the option “Messages with…”.
- Type the word you want to search for.
Alternatively, Messages will show you other sections such as links, photos, location, collaboration and more.
So far all iMessage Tips in iOS 17 so you can enjoy and get the most out of all your chat conversations in Apple’s native Messages app. Some of these secret tips are particularly fun, while others are very useful and practical.
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