How do you put pictures next to contacts in messages?

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How do you put pictures next to contacts in messages?

I've seen screenshots of people sending text messages and the person they are texting picture appears next to the message. How do I turn on this feature?

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 9:22 PM

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Ibalonghorn08 Author

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Sep 19, 2013 7:19 AM in response to bobbyco57

I know that's how you add a picture to a contact, but I wanted to know how to get that picture to appear next to their name on iMessage?

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bobbyco57

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Sep 18, 2013 9:24 PM in response to Ibalonghorn08

Open Contacts app

Choose a contact you know you have a photo of on your device.

Choose Edit.

Tap on add photo circle.

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keg55

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Sep 19, 2013 7:21 AM in response to Ibalonghorn08

bobbyco57 just told you. Once you add a picture to your contact; then that picture for that contact will show up in iMessages when you txt to that contact.

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RickGSF

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Sep 19, 2013 7:23 AM in response to Ibalonghorn08

PIctures next to contacts only show up in a group conversation, not an individual conversation.

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Mar 11, 2016 11:14 AM in response to Ibalonghorn08

I was having the same problem... I just figured it out.... for this to work you need to have the persons phone number in your contacts as iPhone rather than mobile. Once I changed changed the drop down to say iPhone my daughters picture started showing up in Messages. I hope this helps!

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sai2555

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May 24, 2016 7:02 PM in response to Ibalonghorn08

http://ios9news.net/ios-contact-photos-in-messages-app/

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LaurynW

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Nov 15, 2017 4:45 AM in response to AZSunrise

How do you change the drop down to iPhone from mobile?

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