Apple's iOS 18 software update brought plenty of new features, including to the Messages app. The addition of cool new text effects gives iPhone owners new ways to communicate and they're surprisingly ...

What's new in Messages? Apple has finally given us built-in formatting options for iMessage conversations. Now, you can easily bold, italicize, underline or strike-through your text right in the app.

Apple plans to add a new text effects feature to the Messages app on iOS 18, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While it is already possible to send iMessages with bubble effects ...

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You've long been able to add birthday balloons and other effects to Messages, but in iOS 18 your very words can shake, rattle, and explode. Every year, Apple finds something new to add to Messages, ...

Apple added a new kind of effect in Messages in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia that let you apply basic styling to selections, like bold or underline, and animate text with effects. These text ...