Celebration: Fireworks and festivities aplenty will appear on your iPhone.

Shooting stars: Launches a 'the more you know' starburst shooting from the left of the screen, exploding as it reaches the right.

Fireworks: Sets off multi-color fireworks from the center of the screen.

Lasers: Fills the screen with 'unce, unce, unce' lasers and sound.

Love: A giant heart will appear to expand and pop from your latest iMessage.

Confetti: Drops multi-color confetti from the top of the screen.

Balloons: Sends multi-color balloons expanding and flying up from the bottom right of the screen.

Spotlight: Put a literal spotlight on your incoming iMessage.

Echo: Have your text duplicate and flood the screen of your recipient.

Here are all of the current screen effects and what they do. Tap the switch next to Auto-Play Message Effects to the green 'on' position to allow Message effects to be played even when Reduce Motion is turned on. If you have the Reduce Motion setting turned on to reduce things like the icon parallax effect, you can still have Message effects play automatically by flipping a switch in the Accessibility settings. How to use Message effects with Reduce Motion turned on

Open the conversation in which you want to view the effects.įind a message with an effect attached and press the Replay button to view the effect again.

You can replay the bubble and screen effects you receive in an iMessage. How to replay bubble and screen effects in iMessage If you change your mind about sending a screen effect, tap the Cancel button at the bottom below your message (looks like an X). How do I cancel a bubble effect in Messages? Tap in the Send button to the right of the effect you chose (looks like an upward pointing arrow).

Tap on the effect you want to apply: Slam, Loud, Gentle, or Invisible Ink.

Select the Bubble tab at the top, if it's not already selected.

Long press on the Send button (looks like an upward pointing arrow). How do I add bubble effects to my iMessages?

Will the screen effects I send show up in Messages on the Mac?.

How to use Message effects with Reduce Motion turned on.

How to replay bubble and screen effects in Messages.

How do I cancel a screen effect in Messages?.

How do I add screen effects to my iMessages?.

Will the bubble effects I send show up in Messages on the Mac?.

How do I cancel a bubble effect in Messages?.

How do I add bubble effects to my iMessages?.

That includes effects for iPhone or iPad that make bubbles slam, loud, gentle, or invisible, or turn the whole screen to balloons, confetti, lasers, fireworks, or shooting stars. Aside from the 'Blue chat bubble' that is all the rage with the kids, you can trigger some pretty fun effects to iMessages that you send. One thing that makes iPhone and iPad special is the Messages app.

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