The iOS 26 Messages app is set to gain support for customized backgrounds for conversations, and it appears that AI will be ...

For a traditional emoji look, start with a yellow circle using a shape tool. Note: Use a transparent background ... that you see on your own smartphone keyboard, like the classic “smiling ...

Don’t worry about transparent backgrounds either. If you can’t be bothered to cut along the outline of whatever you want to use as an emoji ... hit the L key three times or click and hold ...

Also in the first beta of iOS 8.3 is a newly redesigned emoji keyboard. Upon accessing the keyboard, developers can see a new, semi-transparent background and a changed look and feel.

She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade ... own photos as the background to your keyboard. For more emoji news, read how ...

Apple (AAPL) pledged to increase the diversity in its emoji keyboard last March, after a public outcry over the limited options for people of color. A petition at DoSomething.org collected ...

In addition to an Emoji key, the patent suggests that Apple could add a Share function to the keyboard as well. To the right of the space bar, in the drawing, sits a button labeled 'Share'.

In March, California-based company Disc Cactus launched a silicone cover that, working with specific software, enabled Apple computers to type only emoji with a stroke of the Caps Lock key.

Apple is reportedly winding down big research and development projects. Meta has been surprisingly transparent about where it spends its copious amounts of cash. A new era of even more focused ...

Apple says a bug is causing iPhone ... pro-Israel social media users started to notice that the iPhone keyboard would recommend the Palestinian flag emoji when the word "Jerusalem" was typed ...

A person's Apple iPhone displaying a Palestinian flag after typing in the word 'Jerusalem'. Some iPhone users in the U.K. noticed the device’s keyboard would display the Palestinian flag emoji ...

Now, Apple has released 398 new emoji as part of its iOS 13.2 update - including some rather unusual characters. One of the key updates is to the emoji featuring two people holding hands ...