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iOS 18 message effects are more fun than I thought.

A Threads post that I recently saw opened my eyes to a fun trick with Apple’s iOS 18 iMessage effects: You can make little emoji / ASCII-style animations with them.

I lost the original post (if that was you, let me know!), but I immediately used the idea. If you’ve done this, feel free to share your best ones. Below is a gallery of mine.

A GIF showing a stick figure with an eyebrow raise emoji, shaking its head.
A GIF showing an ASCII-style dragon wiggling, using a dragon head emoji.
A GIF of a pic head emoji with an ASCII-style body, jumping up and down.
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Some of my favorites from my texts.
GIF: Apple Messages
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