When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

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Google Messages, the popular messaging app that comes pre-installed on many Android smartphones, is set to receive significant upgrades with the addition of several useful features. With over 1 ...

Full-screen message effects are among the most fun-to-use features in iMessage, and now they're becoming a lot easier to use in Google Messages for Android, too. In the latest Google Messages beta, ...

Google Messages recently introduced a new way to trigger Screen Effects by sending a pair of emojis in chats. The app is now testing the ability to trigger Screen Effects with a single emoji in the ...

Strings and flags within Google Messages highlight upcoming features, such as camera effects for the internal Camera activity within the app. Flags also indicate that Google could be experimenting ...

Get ready to jazz up your iMessages. According to a MacRumors story citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter,” iOS 18 is going to take the fun text effects a step further by allowing you to ...

Apple added a new kind of effect in Messages in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia that let you apply basic styling to selections, like bold or underline, and animate text with effects. These text ...

Google also mentioned “it’s snowing” last year, but we’re not seeing that available yet. In all, Google teased “15+ hidden Screen Effects prompt words.” They work in both RCS and SMS conversations, ...