In this article, we show you the reasons for Why don’t emoticons appear on iPhone?. Emoticons have been, for years, the fastest and easiest way to express mostly emotions and feelings.
With the advent of Memojis, Apple extended the capabilities of emojis, allowing the user to create custom emoticons with your face. If your device has stopped showing emojis or never had this option, in this article we will show you the reasons and possible solutions.
Emoticons not showing up on my iPhone
The reasons for the question why emoticons do not appear on the iPhone can be summed up in 3:
- old device
- Device not updating to the latest version
- The emoji keyboard has been removed
old device
Apple introduced emojis with the iOS5 version, version that did not reach the iPhone 3G. If your device does not display or allow the use of emojis, you already know why.
the iPhone 3G remained on iOS 4. It is unlikely that today a user will be able to continue using this device.
However, it is likely that devices that come to market later, have not been updated to newer versions which began to include support for emojis.
Device not updating to the latest version
Periodically, Apple presents new emojis thanks to software updates. To be able to both view and use these emojis, it is necessary to always have the latest version of iOS installed.
Not only to be able to enjoy emojis, but because in this way, our iPhone will always be protected before any vulnerability detected both in the system and in the applications that compose it.
The emoji keyboard has been removed
If our device is updated to the latest version and the emojis do not appear anywhere, the problem is in the emojis keyboard.
If we don’t have the emoji keyboard installed, it will not be possible to use them on our device. The only solution to fix this problem is to reinstall the emoji keyboard on the iPhone.
How to Install Emoji Keyboard on iOS
For install a keyboardwhether it is that of emojis or that of any other language, we must perform the steps that I show you below:
- We access the Settings of our device through the home screen.
- In Settings, click General.
- Then click on Keyboard > keyboards
- Click on Add a new keyboard.
- In the list we are looking for emoji and click on it to install it.
For install keyboards in other languageswe have to perform the same steps.
How to Use Emoticons on iPhone
Once we install the emoji keyboard on the iPhone, when we access the keyboard, an emoticon icon will appear on the screen. lower left corner of the keyboard.
By clicking on it, you will see both the personalized memojis that we have created, as well as the entire collection of emojis included in the version of iOS that we have installed.
But, if in addition to the keyboard in Spanish and emojis, we have installed keyboards in other languages, the icon that gives us access to emoticons is to the right of the button which gives us access to both numbers and special characters.
If we click on the terrestrial globe, the keyboard displayed in the lower left corner, the keyboards will switch between all those installed. If we hold it down, a drop-down list will appear with all the installed keyboards.
How to Replace Words with Emojis in Text on iPhone
As we type in any app, iOS automatically suggests an emoji based on the word that we wrote in the suggestion bar. If we want to use this emoji, we just have to click on it and the word will be replaced by the emoji.
If we are lucky enough to have our circle of friends using Apple’s messaging platform, Messages, we do not have to click on the emoticons suggested by the keyboard, since the application automatically allows us to replace words with emojis.
If we want to take advantage of this functionality of the Messages app, we must perform the steps that I show you below:
- We write the text in a conversation that we have already created or create a new one.
- Following, we switched to emoji keyboard clicking on the icon that represents them.
- Then our device will analyze all the words in the text and will show us in orange the words which have their corresponding emoji.
- By clicking on the words in orange, we will automatically replace the word by the corresponding emoji.
How to Use Emoticons on Mac
Apple is making available to all macOS users thethe same series of emoticons available on iOSincluding different versions depending on skin color.
If you are using the latest version of macOS, you can use the same emoticons available in the latest version of iOS available. Otherwise you can only useos that Apple introduced in the version you are using.
Unlike iOS, if we want to access emojis, we can’t change keyboardbut we have to, to access it we have to use a keyboard shortcut from the cursor position where we want to add the emoticon.
Once we have placed the cursor where we want to place one or more emoticons, we will press the keys Control + Command ⌘ + Spacebar. By clicking on each of them, they will be displayed in the text.
With this keyboard shortcut, you can also write pictograms, technical symbols, bullet points, standard signs and symbols like ⌘ ⎋ ⏎ ⎆ ⎉ ⍶ ► ◻︎ ® ☎︎
How to Add a Keyboard on iPhone
- We access the Settings of our device through the home screen.
- In Settings, click General.
- Then click on Keyboard > keyboards
- Click on Add a new keyboard.
- In the list we are looking for the name of the language we want to install as the keyboard and click on it to install it.
How to remove a keyboard on the iPhone
- We access the Settings on the iPhone from the home screen.
- We headed to the menu General.
- Then click on Keyboard > keyboards
- To remove a keyboard, slide it towards the left and click on Eliminate.
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