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Can you enter an emoji in a text message with dictation on Apple Watch?

For iPhone, this was added this in iOS 16 I think. But in my experience, it doesn’t seem to work in watchOS 9.2. Maybe I’m doing something wrong? Or is this just a feature request? Thanks!

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Posted on Jan 2, 2023 3:32 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2023 8:05 AM

Yes you can.

You just need to figure out the correct wording to make it happen.


In JJARSC's reply 👆 he gave you an example of the wording. He said, “see you later smiley face emoji”


Your watch will pick up on the "smiley face emoji" part and do it.


I sent stars to my wife the other day. I said to my watch, "Star pitter patter star" and it sent "* pitter patter *" to her. I probably could have gotten a ⭐ if I had included "Star emoji pitter patter star emoji". Maybe I'll try that today.


Hopefully this answers your question ;-)

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Jan 20, 2023 8:05 AM in response to jrbapple

Yes you can.

You just need to figure out the correct wording to make it happen.


In JJARSC's reply 👆 he gave you an example of the wording. He said, “see you later smiley face emoji”


Your watch will pick up on the "smiley face emoji" part and do it.


I sent stars to my wife the other day. I said to my watch, "Star pitter patter star" and it sent "* pitter patter *" to her. I probably could have gotten a ⭐ if I had included "Star emoji pitter patter star emoji". Maybe I'll try that today.


Hopefully this answers your question ;-)

Jan 3, 2023 10:43 AM in response to jrbapple

Thank you for replying jrbapple, 


You should have several options to send messages from Apple Watch. You can use the keyboard, Scribble feature, or dictate text with your voice.


Tap the microphone icon and start speaking to dictate a new text. You can speak punctuation and emojis too. For example: “did it arrive question mark” or “see you later smiley face emoji”.


All the best!

Jan 20, 2023 6:00 AM in response to JJRASC

I am aware of those options. My question was very specifically about whether or not you can use dictation to enter emojis when sending texts from the Apple Watch. Telling me other ways to enter emojis in text messages on the Apple Watch isn't really that helpful. A simple yes or no would be more helpful, as it would at least give me a next step of going here. Or if there is a better place for such feedback, please let me know, thanks.

Can you enter an emoji in a text message with dictation on Apple Watch?

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