Unavailability of Animoji in imessage

Hi sowmyarajendran,

Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We'd love to help you with Animoji! To use Animoji, you need an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) or later. If your device is an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) or later, check out the below link for help getting started.

How to use Animoji on your iPhone and iPad Pro

Let us know how it goes.

Cheers!

Thanks sowmyarajendran,

We hope you are enjoying the new iPhone. In order to use Animoji, your device must have Face ID technology. Face ID technology isn't available on your device, as the option of Touch ID was brought back with the Home Button. Please let us know if you have additional questions on this topic.

Thank you!