Stay connected to the people and conversations that matter most. Send unlimited texts, photos, videos, documents and more to any iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS or visionOS device with iMessage, or use it to send RCS, SMS and MMS messages.
Features
• Send texts, photos, videos, audio messages, documents, stickers, Memoji, polls and more to contacts using their phone number or Apple Account.
• Send Messages via satellite* to stay connected with friends and family even when you are without mobile service or a Wi-Fi connection.
• Automatically translate incoming texts, including group messages.*
• On-device spam detection filters out spam from your conversations list.
• Opt-in to screen messages from unknown numbers.
• Tapback with any emoji or sticker for a quick reply to express what you think about a message.
• Add effects to your messages like animated text effects, full-screen effects and bubble effects to bring your conversations to life.
• Schedule a message to send at a specified time with Send Later.
• Your name and photo, or even Memoji, can be shared with your friends.
• Edit any message for up to 15 minutes after sending it. Recipients will be able to see a record of edits made to the message.
• Unsend any message for up to 2 minutes after sending it.
• Mark as unread when you don’t have time to respond but want to make sure you reply to the sender later.
• Name a group and add a photo to personalise the group conversation.
• Mentions let you direct a message to an individual in a group conversation.
• Inline replies let you reply to a specific message and see all related messages in their own view.
• Pin conversations to keep up to nine of your favourite message threads at the top of the list.
• iMessage apps let you quickly share photos, recently played music, stickers, GIFs, Apple Cash* and more from Messages.
• Start a Check In with a family member or friend to let them know when you’ve arrived at a destination, or set up a Check In for a time duration.
• Use Messages in iCloud to keep your entire message history updated and available on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, even when you set up a brand-new device.
• SharePlay via Messages lets you share synchronised activities like movies, music, workouts, games and more while chatting with friends in Messages.
• Shared with You shows content sent to you by friends in Messages conversations in a section in Photos, Safari, News,* Music,* Podcasts or the TV app*
• Collaboration lets you invite others to collaborate on a file via Messages and shares activity updates in the thread when someone makes an edit to a shared project.
Apple Watch Features
• Quickly read and respond to incoming messages.
• Use smart replies, dictation, audio messages, stickers, #images*, Memoji, polls or the QWERTY keyboard (Apple Watch Series 7 or later models).
• Automatically translate incoming texts, including group messages.*
• Start a Check In with a family member or friend to let them know when you’ve arrived at a destination, or set up a Check In for a time duration.
• Pin conversations to keep your favourite message threads at the top of the list.
• Save photos, audio messages and videos from your messages.
• Ask Siri to send a message to your contacts.
• Respond to a specific message inline to keep conversations organised.
• Send, receive and request money with Apple Pay.*
• Mute or delete conversations.
* Not available in all regions.
I cannot open this app because my restrictions mode is on. Please let every one use this app. Even when restricted mode is onBut after all, using my phone that doesn’t have restrictions mode on, this app is still great because even without a phone number, you can still contact your friends.
Kind of annoying…
Being brutally honest…
Honestly I don’t know why everyone has messages and not WhatsApp, like WhatsApp is MUCH MUCH better. Unlike messages, you can block group chats whenever you want and you have THE CUTEST STICKERS. You can literally make stickers yourself. Messages on the other hand, only lets people to leave group chats, and not block them, which means people can just add you back. AND THAT IS SO ANNOYING. plus, messages is so hard to use. It took me so long just to change my profile picture and name. So basically, what I am trying to say here is that messages has just too much things to set properly that it becomes hard for people to find things, and they give people things that we don’t need. So just download WhatsApp. Girl is simple and easy to use, you don’t need messages, honestly.
Unknown senders on latest IOS
Kopidess
Messages since 2020 still in my unknown senders. And all the messages in my unknown senders are from medical, gov, tel service provider, banks, insurance etc. which are not unknown to me. Wonder whose bright idea to separate unknown senders and messages and I need to toggle back and forth to find messages. How does Apple define unknown or known? And all the messages got a new feature delete or mark as known. Technology supposed to be quick in navigation and now take more steps to complete a simple task. Also files after editing a form there’s no option to go back, only to back out completely and re-access.
Ok
alyssaa🤍🫧🎧
Hi I enjoy using this app cause you can keep in touch with family and friends ❤️ but I really hate that even if you delete contacts or even block them, the other person or sender will still have your contacts. Is there a way you can completely prevent this in case of unknown senders? :(
The developer, Apple, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
Search History
Identifiers
Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More