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Follow this simple guide to enable and access emojis easily.
Emojis help elevate the mood of your chats and allow you to convey the perfect expression for almost every moment. You can send emojis using your iPhone, similar to how you send stickers, though you’ll need to add the Emoji keyboard first.
Keep reading, and I will show you how to add the Emoji keyboard to your iPhone keyboard in case you didn’t while setting it up and how to access and use it.
Before you proceed, be sure to install the latest version of iOS on your iPhone. This will give you access to the latest emojis that Apple currently offers. Head to Settings → General → Software Update and install any pending iOS updates.
Once done, here’s how you can add the Emoji keyboard to your iPhone:
That’s it! You have added the iOS Emoji keyboard to your iPhone.
Using emojis is as simple as accessing the Emoji keyboard and picking the emoji you want to use. You can also replace words with emojis or search for specific emojis based on the message you wish to send. Let’s take a look at the steps.
The easiest way to send an emoji is from the Emoji keyboard. This is what that looks it:
Rather than going into different emoji categories to find one to use, you can quickly search for an emoji in the iPhone Emoji keyboard to save time. Here’s how:
Thanks to the Predictive Text feature, your iPhone automatically suggests emojis as you type words, phrases, or sentences into an app. These emoji suggestions are accurate most of the time, and using them is easy. Here’s how to get and use predictive emojis on your iPhone.
If you don’t see an emoji, check out our guide on how to fix it when predictive emoji is not working on your iPhone.
Jumping between keyboards can disrupt your typing rhythm. This is where the Text Replacement feature comes in handy. Thanks to it, you can set up replacements for your most used emojis. That way, you simply need to type a word, and it will automatically replace it with your assigned emoji. Here’s how to set up a text replacement for an emoji:
You can choose to remove the Emoji keyboard entirely from your iPhone if you don’t use it and find yourself switching to it accidentally while typing on the keyboard. This is what you need to do:
Wrapping up
You can choose to add emojis to your iPhone keyboard by simply enabling the Emoji keyboard. The same steps apply to iPad, too. And the best part is that the Emoji keyboard would work no matter which language keyboard you use on your iPhone or iPad.
FAQs
You need to check whether it has been enabled in your iPhone keyboard settings.
You can use the Genmoji feature on your iPhone that was announced after the iOS 18 update.
You might need to check and enable Predictive Text. Go to Settings → General → Keyboards and enable Predictive Text.
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