Using the best emoji keyboard on iPhone and Mac

Oh emojis the basic pillars of contemporary communication and likely successors of English as a universal language. Everyone knows how to send a happy face, a thumbs up, or a flamenco dancer to friends on WhatsApp, but here is a question: can you handle and make the most of the emoji keyboard on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac?

If you don't know, fear nothing. In the next few paragraphs, we will break through the pain and delight that exploit the indefinable stickers and their possibilities in Ma's operating systems.

How to enable the emoji keyboard

IOS has a full-featured and easy-to-use emoji keyboard, but it comes off by default when you take your new iPhone or iPad out of the box remember, I'm talking about the system's native selector selector and not its own tools from apps like WhatsApp or Telegram that everyone already knows.

Using emojis on iPhone

Fortunately, the process of activating the emoji keyboard is quite simple (as opposed to years ago, when it was necessary to install third party apps and make a lot of settings). Just go to your device's Settings app and access General Keyboard Add New Keyboard. On this screen, tap the "Emoji" option. Ready!

How to switch to the emoji keyboard

Once active, it is very easy to switch to the emoji keyboard whenever you want to break free from the medieval shackles of verbal language. For that, I just need to look for a smiling emoji icon on the iOS keyboard; Tap on it to toggle to reach the catalog of stickers.

Using emojis on iPhone

If you have three or more active keyboards (English, English and Emoji, for example), the smiling emoji icon will be replaced by a globe, as you now have more options available and not just the emoji keyboard. But the way the same.

Using the emojis

This is somewhat intuitive, but you can explore the vast world of emoji simply by sliding through the screens of your keyboard. The monochrome cones on the bottom separate the figures into categories; the first, representing a clock, features his most used emojis.

Using emojis on iPhone

Some emojis, such as those representing hands and hand gestures, have support for various skin colors in addition to the traditional yellow. To change the emoji to the desired color, just touch and hold it, just as you would with an accented character.

Using emojis on iPhone

The predictive keyboard of iOS has also incorporated emojis for a number of years, in the sense that, in addition to predicting words that you can use to answer or continue sentences, it also suggests figurines that you can include in the composition of your message. Then after writing “I love you” to someone, the keyboard may suggest the heart emoji as it appears on the right side of the suggested terms.

Using emojis on iPhone

Specifically dealing with iMessage, the app has a special feature: as you type a message, it automatically detects words that can be replaced by emojis (for example, “present” or “pizza”) and flags those terms by placing them in the orange after you switch to the emoji keyboard. If you touch one of them, it will be replaced by the corresponding emoji; To reverse the change, simply touch the newly created sticker.

All of these features, remember, only work with the native iOS keyboard. If you use third-party keyboards, such as Gboard, you must first switch to the system's own tool before you can enjoy emoji prediction and term substitution in iMessage.

Bonus: on Mac

Access to emoji on iOS, as we saw above, is very easy. On the other hand, the same cannot be said of the Mac: aside from Touch Bar MacBooks Pro, which have a special selector for the stickers on the bar, choosing emojis on Apple computers is a little less intuitive than it could be. Once internalized, the command is almost automatic.

Using Emojis on Mac

To enable the emoji window on your Mac, simply press the Space keys simultaneously when a text field is active. The window even has a search field, which you can use to search for keywords like "anger" or "football".

Using Emojis on Mac

For more accurate selection and viewing of emojis, you can also access the full system selector of characters and stickers. To do this, simply open System Preferences and, under "Keyboard," enable the "Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar" option. This done, you just need to click on the corresponding icon in the bar and the option "Show emoji and symbols" ready, all the time you want.

Using Emojis on Mac

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