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You’ll soon be able to\u00a0unsend and edit text messages<\/a><\/span>, a feature that’ll be released along with iOS 16<\/a><\/span>\u00a0later this month, but you don’t have to wait until then to explore Messages settings that might enhance the texting experience on your iPhone right now.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0The iPhone 14’s Future May Be Hidden in iOS 16<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In this guide, we’ll show you several tips and tricks, like pinned conversations and sending money via text, that can help you unlock the full potential of iMessage. Here’s what you need to know.<\/p>\n

You can also check out some of the other features expected to be released with iOS 16 this fall, including five hidden iOS 16 features we didn’t expect to find<\/a><\/span> and some of the more annoying iOS 16 features and how you can fix them<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Tailor iMessage settings to work for you<\/h2>\n

It’s a good idea to open the Messages’ settings screen and take a few minutes to go through the various options and customize how Messages will work. Most importantly, double-check your send and receive settings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked why some messages are showing up on a Mac or iPad, but not an iPhone — or the other way around. Luckily, it’s an easy fix: Don’t use your email address(es), use only your phone number in the Send & Receive<\/strong> section of Message’s Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or if you don’t have an iPhone, but use iMessage on a Mac and iPad, then make sure your Send & Receive settings look identical. I have a thorough walkthrough of that process here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rest of the settings determine things like if read receipts are for on every iMessage conversation, whether or not you want text messages (those green bubbles) forwarded to your other Apple devices or kept on your iPhone, how long you want to keep messages on your device, and so on. Take a few minutes, go through each option, and decide how you want Messages to behave.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you’re new to iMessage and are unsure how to turn it on, skip to the bottom of the post. We cover the process there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Messages in iCloud keeps everything in sync and backed up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Backup iMessages through iCloud<\/h2>\n

Having a constant backup of your iMessage conversations that syncs across all of your Apple devices is another one of my favorite benefits of Apple’s messaging platform. Apple uses iCloud to back up and sync your Messages conversations (that includes text messages, too).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The short version of instructions is this: Open Settings<\/strong> > tap on your name > iCloud<\/strong> and make sure the toggle next to Messages<\/strong> is turned on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keep in mind, if you delete a conversation from one device, it will be deleted from all of your devices. That also means if you opted to have conversations only stored for 90 days, then your iCloud backup of Messages will follow suit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We go into detail about Messages in iCloud and how to activate it on your Mac here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Messages is a robust app, with plenty of hidden features.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Hide alerts, pin conversations and more<\/h2>\n

It’s easy enough to send and receive messages in the Messages app, and telling apart iMessages from text messages is easy as well — if the messages you send are green, it’s a text message. If the bubble is blue, you’re talking to a fellow iMessage user.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We have a roundup of 10 tips that take you beyond the basics of sending and receiving messages<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, you can mute individual conversations with a left swipe across the conversation and select the purple\u00a0Hide<\/strong> Alerts<\/strong> option; particularly useful if you’re in a noisy group who can’t quit talking about last night’s football game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can also pin a conversation to the top of the Message page. All you need to do is press down on a conversation and then select Pin<\/strong>. The pinned conversation’s contact photo will now appear above all the other messages.<\/p>\n

Also, make sure you take advantage of the search feature, as well. You can search the Messages app for photos, links, documents, locations, collaborations and text within a conversation. Just open the Messages app and tap on the search bar at the top.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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You can use Apple Cash to pay people through the Messages app on your iPhone.<\/p>\n

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Send money to iPhone users through Apple Pay — it’s like Venmo<\/h2>\n

You can send and receive money using Apple Pay within an iMessage conversation just like you can with Venmo or Square Cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The process is simple — set up Apple Pay Cash<\/a><\/span> and link a debit card to your account. With Apple Pay setup, you can use the Apple Pay app inside of iMessage to pay rent, request money from a friend to split a dinner bill, or use it to randomly send someone enough cash to cover a cup of coffee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You’ll also notice whenever you send someone a message that contains a dollar amount, the number will be underlined, which means you (or the recipient) can tap on it to launch Apple Pay with the figure already filled out. It’s pretty cool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s a lot more to it, but thankfully we have a complete guide that should answer any lingering questions<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The confetti screen effect is probably my favorite, but I need to use it more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Turn your iMessage personality up to 11<\/h2>\n

Did you know you can add light-hearted animations and fun stickers to your messages? It’s true. Another fun tool to use is the emoji<\/a> converter. After typing your message you tap on your keyboard’s Emoji button and iOS will automatically find words that can be turned into emoji. It’s pretty cool and an easy way to use emoji without having to scroll through all of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some other effects that are fun include:<\/p>\n