iMessage apps... what are they for?

[pika2000]

Despite using an iPhone for so long, it's not until recently that I got into iMessage. Apple introduced apps and stickers for iMessage. The stickers, I get it. But the apps? What are they for? I tried a few but they all are simply loading the app's website. I mean what for? And I have to view the "app" in full screen to be remotely useful, blocking my chat thread. Even Youtube app simply load the youtube website.

Am I missing something here?

 

[C DM]

Despite using an iPhone for so long, it's not until recently that I got into iMessage. Apple introduced apps and stickers for iMessage. The stickers, I get it. But the apps? What are they for? I tried a few but they all are simply loading the app's website. I mean what for? And I have to view the "app" in full screen to be remotely useful, blocking my chat thread. Even Youtube app simply load the youtube website.

Am I missing something here?

While I don't really use them, I believe in most cases the idea of those apps it to easily share something from that company/service with someone that you are conversing with.

 

[crawfish963]

The ones I use, such as Giphy, just allow you to send items not natively in iOS over to another user. I find the stickers to be pretty useless. My wife and children play games with each other using these apps.

 

[pika2000]

While I don't really use them, I believe in most cases the idea of those apps it to easily share something from that company/service with someone that you are conversing with.

Hmm, so I guess that allows user to share things without leaving iMessage. I guess that makes sense.

 

[MisterSavage]

I don't use iMessage apps much but GamePigeon is pretty clever for playing games in a text thread.

 

[eyeseeyou]

I use the google and yelp app to send directions and restaurant suggestions

 

[akaimi]

I don't think that the apps are useful for something except for sending gifs and stickers on iMessage and that's it.