Inside iOS 10: See everything that's new in Messages
Now that iOS 10 is out in the hands of iPhone and iPad users around the world, AppleInsider offers a deeper look at the major feature additions Apple implemented in Messages, including emoji replacement, text bubble animations, rich links and the iMessage App Store.
As seen in the video above, Messages in iOS 10 brings the iPhone's most used app up to date with competing messaging solutions, both on iOS and beyond.
Text replacement received a healthy update with smarter recommendations and the ability to swap out commonly used phrases with corresponding emoji. With text bubble animations like "slam" and "gentle," users can be even more expressive in their correspondence. A new "invisible ink" feature hides private messages from view until activated by a user swipe.
Borrowing from Apple Watch's watchOS UI, Apple included a Digital Touch module into Messages for iOS 10 that lets users send along doodles, their heart beat, a fireball animation and more.
Moving on to the integrate App Store, iOS 10 devices can now run app extensions directly within the Messages ecosystem. Apple offers a few sample apps to get users started, like an #Images browser that searches the web for gifs. Other apps are already taking advantage of Apple's API, for example users can now book a dinner with OpenTable and send cash via SquareCash, all without leaving Messages.
Sticker packs are also a hot commodity on the iMessage App Store, with game developers jumping on board early to market branded content that livens up Messages feeds.
Finally, rich links within Messages provide previews of photos, videos, web content and more without opening a standalone viewer.
For more on Apple's latest and greatest mobile operating system, check out AppleInsider's Inside iOS 10 series.
As seen in the video above, Messages in iOS 10 brings the iPhone's most used app up to date with competing messaging solutions, both on iOS and beyond.
Text replacement received a healthy update with smarter recommendations and the ability to swap out commonly used phrases with corresponding emoji. With text bubble animations like "slam" and "gentle," users can be even more expressive in their correspondence. A new "invisible ink" feature hides private messages from view until activated by a user swipe.
Borrowing from Apple Watch's watchOS UI, Apple included a Digital Touch module into Messages for iOS 10 that lets users send along doodles, their heart beat, a fireball animation and more.
Moving on to the integrate App Store, iOS 10 devices can now run app extensions directly within the Messages ecosystem. Apple offers a few sample apps to get users started, like an #Images browser that searches the web for gifs. Other apps are already taking advantage of Apple's API, for example users can now book a dinner with OpenTable and send cash via SquareCash, all without leaving Messages.
Sticker packs are also a hot commodity on the iMessage App Store, with game developers jumping on board early to market branded content that livens up Messages feeds.
Finally, rich links within Messages provide previews of photos, videos, web content and more without opening a standalone viewer.
For more on Apple's latest and greatest mobile operating system, check out AppleInsider's Inside iOS 10 series.
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Edit: Fixed, I needed to have 'motion effects' off.
1. The keyboard sounds have changed. I can't stand that some keys have a different sound and the regular sound changed as well. This is change for change's sake and wholly unnecessary.
2. Unlocking the phone is more convoluted. I used to press the home button to wake and then use my fingerprint to unlock. Usually, I could get it done in one motion. Since my phone is not raise-to-wake capable, I have to press the button to wake, do the fingerprint and then press the home button yet again. Sometimes I get it to unlock when I press it and it reads the fingerprint. However, usually, it triggers Siri. Siri is triggered much to quickly.
I'm sure I'll get used to it, but for devices without the new Touch ID, it really should operate as it always did.
UPDATE: I found a setting that makes it the way it used to be. General>Accessibility>Home Button>Rest Finger to Open.
Really? On my 6s, it's still just a simple home button press that reads my fingerprint and unlocks the phone with one press.
The steps to unlock my iP6 seem to change randomly each time I unlock it. I haven't noticed a particular pattern yet and find it slightly frustrating and more time consuming to unlock. Sometimes I only have to touch the button - once or twice. Other times I have to press the button - once or twice. Still other times it requires a combination of both. I'm confused why this changed - it worked just fine for the past two years before iOS 10.
The screen stills to "press" the Home button to unlock, though. I would expect this instructional message to change to match the setting of the Rest Finger mode.
Personally, I really like the new sounds and find it much more pleasant.
And as someone here mentioned, you can set it back to the older style clicks if you so desire.
My main objection to the sound is that there's multiple sounds.
Messages App is all screwed up.
I have an iPhone 7 Plus with iOS 10.0.1 and message search is not working. It is not searching thru all my messages. I tried it on my wife's phone (iPhone 7Plus) and it is doing the same thing. I have tried all suggestions that I could find (change language, turn off and on spotlight search for messages, log out and back into icloud, toggle imessages off and on, restored phone) and the issue still persists. My daughter has an iPhone 7 and her search works just fine.
Anyone else experiencing the same? Any solutions?