Will Apple add animated emojis for iPhone?

Why has Apple not made the emojis animated when sending a message. The emojis are animated on Android devices. Animated emojis would enhance the experience. Will Apple please animate the emojis on iPhones?


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Original Title: Lack of animated emojis

Posted on Jul 1, 2025 8:10 AM

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Jul 1, 2025 11:03 AM in response to Jachalee

Jachalee wrote:

Thank you. The way I phrased my comment should have gone to Apple.

You're welcome. But no matter how you phrase a comment here, it doesn't go to Apple. As I mentioned, this is a user to user only forum. Apple doesn't read these posts for feedback at all.


And I should have also commented about Animoji's/Genmoji's, etc., which does let you create animated Emoji's of yourself on supported devices. MrHoffman is correct in telling you that Emoji's are not created by Apple. They are created by the Unicode Consortium, which ALL cell manufacturers adopt.

Jul 1, 2025 8:47 AM in response to Jachalee

Apple has offered Genmojis for a while, as well as reactions in FaceTime, and other animations.


Create your own emoji with Genmoji on iPhone - Apple Support


Emojis are part of an international standard known as Unicode, are implemented by many different platforms from many vendors, and are not animated. You might see or add an animation as the sender, but the recipient may or may not see that animation arrive.


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