how to activate emoji keyboard
Over the years, emojis have grown in popularity with smartphone users. More than a simple gadget, these little icons have become a new mode of communication in their own right, very popular especially among young people. Find out in this tutorial how to activate the iPhone emoji keyboard.
The wave of emojis
You have certainly already received a text or a Facebook message containing a pictogram in the shape of a little man, a smile and sometimes even animals. With the rise of the internet and messaging applications, these designs called emojis or emoticons have gradually supplanted the good old smileys and their little round heads.
They not only make it possible to embellish a message but also to convey an emotion, a feeling or a state of mind much more easily than with words. Today there are hundreds if not thousands of all shapes and for all tastes: heart, flag, hands etc …
The special emoji keyboard of the iPhone
You can’t escape the emoji phenomenon. It’s very simple, they are everywhere. These cute little yellow faces have now taken their place in our smartphones. The iPhone also offers more than a hundred emoji characters.
Activate the emoji keyboard
Before you can insert an emoticon in an SMS or on a Facebook post, you must first activate the option on your Apple phone. Here is the procedure to follow.
- Click on the Settings icon on the home screen of your iPhone
- Then select the General heading then Keyboard
- Tap the Add Keyboard button
- Then in the list activate the emoji option
How to use the emoji keyboard
Now that you have activated the emoji keyboard, we are going to see how to use it to add a little design to your SMS.
- Open the iMessage messaging app
- Select one of your contacts or type the phone number of the correspondent to whom you want to send a message
- Place your finger in the text box to cause the iPhone keyboard to open
- Then click on the globe or smiley icon to the left of the space bar
- Then select an emoji theme (sport, emotions, gestures etc.)
- Then choose from the list the drawing you want to insert in your message
Note that the section represented by a clock-shaped icon groups together all the recently used emojis. On a daily basis, this function is very practical and will save you a lot of time.
There you go, you can now express yourself very simply by using one of the emojis available on the iPhone. And do not think that this mode of communication is reserved only for adolescents. According to a recent survey, many people over 50 regularly use emoticons in their messages.
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