iMessage on iOS 18 Features Bold, Underline, Italics, and Text Effects

[MacRumors]

Apple today previewed new features coming to the Messages app with iOS 18, and this finally includes bold, italics, underline, and strikeout formatting options.

iMessage has also gained all-new text effects that can be applied to individual words in a message to give them a "dynamic, animated" appearance. These effects include Big, Small, Shake, Nod, Explode, Ripple, Bloom, and Jitter.

Other new Messages app features on iOS 18 include upcoming RCS support for improved texting with Android users, an option to schedule messages to be sent later, the ability to use any emoji as a Tapback, the ability to send messages via satellite connection when Wi-Fi and cellular networks are unavailable, and more.

The first developer beta of iOS 18 is available now, and a public beta will follow in July. The update should be widely released in September.

Article Link: iMessage on iOS 18 Features Bold, Underline, Italics, and Text Effects

 

[Mimiron]

Sure it's nice to have and all but if they are legit calling this a feature they are really running out of ideas. Fn formatting in messages.

 

[spinedoc77]

So did they really only mention RCS as an afterthought, I haven't listened to the actual event just scrolled through it. Hoping they add more detail as that seems a lot more important than a few new emojis.

 

[bigchrisfgb]

So did they really only mention RCS as an afterthought, I haven't listened to the actual event just scrolled through it. Hoping they add more detail as that seems a lot more important than a few new emojis.

Yes.

 

[Schnort]

Please give a web interface to iMessage. It would be dandy to handle my chatty-chat while working and not having to pull out my phone.

 

[nfl46]

I love it!

 

[CorvusFox]

Ten years behind the competition, as ever

 

[Fuzzball84]

Genmoji 😆

There is now an essentially limitless number of emoji!

 

[orangeadrenaline]

Group messages: Please only notify me if someone reacts to MY message. I don’t care if someone reacts to someone else’s message.

 

[cloudpusher]

So did they really only mention RCS as an afterthought, I haven't listened to the actual event just scrolled through it. Hoping they add more detail as that seems a lot more important than a few new emojis.

Haha no, that's not not more important.

 

[mansplains]

Will Genmoji bring back the revolver, along with new rifles etc? I'm gonna call it Gunmoji 😎

 

[duyxbox]

So my wife gonna bold text to add more weight to already heavy words every time we argue.

 

[orangeadrenaline]

So my wife gonna bold text to add more weight to already heavy words every time we argue.

Take out the trash, now

 

[rp2011]

Very cool. Sometimes the simplest things are the coolest things.

 

[bn-7bc]

Group messages: Please only notify me if someone reacts to MY message. I don’t care if someone reacts to someone else’s message.

I'll go one further, "only notify me if someone actually sends text or a file" I don#t need numerous notifications about hearts or any other reactions, they don't give me any useful info beyond possibly thumbs up/down for agree/disagree, I might be old but I don't read emoji, to mer they are just a lot of visual noise, and sadly my ADD does not aprichiate that

 

[hanske68]

So... can I communicate with whatsapp or signal users?

 

[TheWraith]

Please give a web interface to iMessage. It would be dandy to handle my chatty-chat while working and not having to pull out my phone.

Check out iphone mirroring.

 

[ossifer]

Please give a web interface to iMessage. It would be dandy to handle my chatty-chat while working and not having to pull out my phone.

Use a Mac?

 

[Johnny907]

So did they really only mention RCS as an afterthought, I haven't listened to the actual event just scrolled through it. Hoping they add more detail as that seems a lot more important than a few new emojis.

They didn't mention it at all, other than a tile in the wrap up graphic at the end of the iOS 18 segment.

 

[Schnort]

Use a Mac?

Not my choice

 

[CalMin]

So did they really only mention RCS as an afterthought, I haven't listened to the actual event just scrolled through it. Hoping they add more detail as that seems a lot more important than a few new emojis.

They have long spoken of RCS as 'not important to their users' (not a direct quote, but words to that effect).

We all know that it's really about lock-in so they are certainly not going to highlight as a feature. I haven't watched the keynote yet either, but I have to assume non-Apple devices will still get the green bubble ostracize 'feature' so that we the elite can continue to poke fun at the unwashed masses.

 

[Schnort]

Check out iphone mirroring.

Can I interact with the mirrored screen? If not, it really doesn't solve the problem.

 

[EugW]

What does this look like for recipients on older versions of iOS?

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Italics! Bold! Finally.

 

[dkh587]

They didn't mention it at all, other than a tile in the wrap up graphic at the end of the iOS 18 segment.

Interesting, thank you! I came to this thread to see if it was mentioned