Animojis: exclusive to iPhones with Face ID
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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 iPhone in front
of your face. To stop the recording, tap the
button (now a square) again.
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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 with the curly
arrow above it or bin it by tapping the red
trash can above the curly arrow.6
This is what an animoji looks like
when you receive it. Recording and
sending them is exclusive to iPhones with
Face ID, but you can receive and play
them on other Apple gear. You can even
watch them on your Mac’s Messages app.1
With the iPhone’s new animated
emoji, or Animoji feature, you can
become one of over 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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Choose your Animoji from the range
in the sidebar shown in the previous
step’s screen, or to get a better look at
them, swipe up from the chevron shown
above the currently selected Animoji to
view the full range, as seen here.3
Hold the phone 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
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