You may know this already, but you can silence individual text threads in the Messages app. Of course, then you’ll never know when a notification comes through for that group until you manually check it. But that may solve your problem.
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iOS 17 Messages App Features: Check In, Stickers, and More
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Yeah, but an “Aggregate Notifications every X minutes” setting for any/all apps would be awesome. Focus modes sort of do it, but not based on time. I guess it gets more complicated if you want some notifications to go through unimpeded.
Can you edit/organize the apps listed in the Messages + screen? I don’t see any option.
There are things I don’t use in there that would be nice to get rid of.
If you go to Settings > Messages, you can see a list of iMessage apps, but anything you remove from there deletes the entire program, not just the messages app.
There are things I don’t use in there that would be nice to get rid of.
If you go to Settings > Messages, you can see a list of iMessage apps, but anything you remove from there deletes the entire program, not just the messages app.
Overall some good improvements to the Messages app. Good to have the new stickers!!
Sticker reactions ARE NOT NEW. You have been able to add stickers to any message for a while now. What IS NEW is that emojis can be used as a sticker now as well.
Great but in the UK no-one I know uses Messages.
Here in Japan, everyone uses Line. Line is mind-boggling, but Messages is a total mystery.
It appears I’m going to be in the minority here, but I am excited for the + button because I was in the habit of mistakenly tapping the camera icon to insert a photo, ever since it replaced the basic carrot that used to occupy that location several versions ago. Opening either the camera or the app icon necessitated a second tap to get to photos anyhow, so from that vantage, it’s no more time consuming and at least I’ll get what I expect.
Yes you can. When your in messages and open the list via + you can tap and hold and reorganize the list.
Weird. I’ve seen where you can email people from your phone number. It’s sort of a dated thing, but if you “text” an email address, it’ll show something like xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpics.com (where the x’s are your phone number). But that’s always been auto generated by Verizon in my case. Maybe that’s the “MMS Email Address” in question? I’ve never seen that prompt.
Same. I don’t see the point of all these stickers and memojis, but I guess people use them. They were entertaining for about 10 minutes, and I’ve never used them again 🙂
This article completely forgets to mention one of the biggest changes iOS 17 brings for the wild west (US): cross platform group chats with iMessage patchwork functionality:
www.xda-developers.com
It‘s nowhere near the advantages RCS support would bring, but it‘ll probably greatly increase QoL for mms group chats on iOS.
tldr, cross-platform group chats have these improvements on Apple devices now:
- can edit messages like in iMessage chats
- can reply in threads
- can send high quality media to iMessage participants
Android folks still get the shaft (low quality media etc.) though without RCS.
iOS 17 will stop your Android friends from ruining your group texts with their green bubbles
Say goodbye to crippled group texts because of that one friend
www.xda-developers.com
It‘s nowhere near the advantages RCS support would bring, but it‘ll probably greatly increase QoL for mms group chats on iOS.
tldr, cross-platform group chats have these improvements on Apple devices now:
- can edit messages like in iMessage chats
- can reply in threads
- can send high quality media to iMessage participants
Android folks still get the shaft (low quality media etc.) though without RCS.
There should be an option to turn you blue bubble green to hide the fact that you own an iPhone.
Just give us the ability to archive messages. PLEASE. IT'S SO BASIC.
I'm pretty sure that RCS support won't make any difference. People will continue to use WhatsApp.
Stickers used to stay on messages (and attach to them). Now they can go anywhere in the chat (slight change, but better IMO). Plus what you said about using emojis and making your own stickers from photos.
agree, its already for years and much more easier than swipe
Agreed.
Always hated the iMessage app drawer as it’s the nadir of apple trying to apply the App Store business model wherever they could.
Be interesting to see how the EU messaging service interoperability legislation affects iMessage etc and if this gets rolled out globally.This article completely forgets to mention one of the biggest changes iOS 17 brings for the wild west (US): cross platform group chats with iMessage patchwork functionality:
iOS 17 will stop your Android friends from ruining your group texts with their green bubbles
Say goodbye to crippled group texts because of that one friend
It‘s nowhere near the advantages RCS support would bring, but it‘ll probably greatly increase QoL for mms group chats on iOS.
tldr, cross-platform group chats have these improvements on Apple devices now:
- can edit messages like in iMessage chats
- can reply in threads
- can send high quality media to iMessage participants
Android folks still get the shaft (low quality media etc.) though without RCS.
I think the argument of keeping messaging apps free to innovate is pretty weak as it’s hardly the case that text messaging is a hotbed of innovation after 25 years or so.
I don't give a crap about styles, stickers, emojis, social media silly message capability. All I want is for once-and-for-all to be able to do message forwarding like call forwarding to another phone so I don't have to carry two devices for work and play.
Seems idiotic to have one without the other...
Seems idiotic to have one without the other...