iPad User Magazine - UK (2019-09)

When you open the App Store from within the Messages

app, you’ll be taken to a useful Messages-specific version,

not the full iOS App Store.

Add more oomph

to your Messages

Access your favourite apps from right inside the Messages app

IT WILL TAKE

5 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN

How to expand

Messages with apps

YOU’LL NEED

iOS 10 or later

Have you ever been chatting

with someone in Messages

and had to exit the app to find

something, copy it and then

return to Messages and paste it into the

conversation? Messages apps mean you may

not need to do that any more.

Apple has opened the Messages app up

to developers, and they’ve responded with

all kinds of apps designed to make Messages

more capable. You can insert stickers, files,

amusing images, social media links or pretty

much anything else you might want to share.

The App Store is positively packed with

Messages apps. There are apps for translation,

for arranging nights out, for banking and

saving and travel as well as tons of image

apps and social media apps. You can even play

games such as the lovably retro Let’s Puck It

which enables you to play a modern version of

the classic Pong, or Game Pigeon, which offers

in-app versions of pool, poker and Battleships

among others.

Take control

In this guide, we’ll keep to more practical

pursuits and show you how Messages

connects with streaming and cloud apps such

as Dropbox and Spotify. We’ll also discover

how to change which apps appear in

Messages, which is often useful: if an app

has a Messages component, it will appear

automatically, but while you might want app

X loaded on your iPad, you might not want the

Messages version of it clogging up your list of

apps within its browser.

Carrie Marshall

Genius tip!

If you want to

completely remove a

Messages app rather

than hide it, open the

Edit screen as normal

and swipe left on the

app to remove it.

WhenyouopentheAppStorefromwithintheMessages

app,you’llbetakentoa usefulMessages-specificversion,

notthefulliOSAppStore.

Add more oomph

to your Messages

Accessyourfavouriteapps fromright insidetheMessagesapp

ITWILLTAKE

5 minutes

YOUWILLLEARN

Howtoexpand

Messageswithapps

YOU’LLNEED

iOS 10 or later

Have you ever been chatting

with someone in Messages

and had to exit the app to find

something, copy it and then

return to Messages and paste it into the

conversation? Messages apps mean you may

not need to do that any more.

Apple has opened the Messages app up

to developers, and they’ve responded with

all kinds of apps designed to make Messages

more capable. You can insert stickers, files,

amusing images, social media links or pretty

much anything else you might want to share.

The App Store is positively packed with

Messages apps. There are apps for translation,

for arranging nights out, for banking and

saving and travel as well as tons of image

apps and social media apps. You can even play

games such as the lovably retro Let’s Puck It

which enables you to play a modern version of

the classic Pong, or Game Pigeon, which offers

in-app versions of pool, poker and Battleships

among others.

Take control

In this guide, we’ll keep to more practical

pursuits and show you how Messages

connects with streaming and cloud apps such

as Dropbox and Spotify. We’ll also discover

how to change which apps appear in

Messages, which is often useful: if an app

has a Messages component, it will appear

automatically, but while you might want app

X loaded on your iPad, you might not want the

Messages version of it clogging up your list of

apps within its browser.

Carrie Marshall

Geniustip!

If you want to

completely remove a

Messages app rather

than hide it, open the

Edit screen as normal

and swipe left on the

app to remove it.