Messages Features Exclusive to iPads with Face ID
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With the iPad’s new animated emoji, or Animoji
feature, you can become one of 20 characters. In
Messages, open the App Drawer with the ‘A’ icon as
shown and tap the monkey face at the bottom of
the screen.
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Hold your iPad in front of you, so you’re in full view of
the front-facing camera and watch the emoji. When
you turn your head, open and close your mouth, blink or
stick out your tongue, the emoji’s animations do so too,
following your lead.
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A message can be up to 30 seconds long. When
you’ve finished recording, you can send it with the
blue arrow (bottom right), play it by tapping Replay, or
delete it by tapping the red trash can towards the
bottom left.
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Choose your Animoji from the range available in the
tray (as shown in the previous step’s screen), or to
get a better look at them, swipe up on the line shown
above the currently selected Animoji to view the full
range, as seen here.4
To record your animated message, tap the red
circular button found to the bottom right of the
emoji. If it isn’t there, you’re not holding the iPad correctly
so that the camera can see your face. To stop recording,
tap the button (now a square) again.6
Recording and sending Animojis is exclusive to
newer Apple hardware, but you can receive and
play them on older gear. Here we are watching an Animoji
on an iPhone 6s. You can even watch them on your Mac’s
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