Can’t get the iMessage background to change in iOS 26? Here’s the fix



The ability to edit or unsend iMessages on your iPhone could come in clutch. Thankfully, it’s easy rewriting history in iMessage.
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iMessage effects can add much more meaning, emotion and fun to your texting. You can add bold, italics, underline and many animated effects.
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Once you know how to schedule a text message on your iPhone, you will never forget to send a reminder (or message somebody at a bad time).
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RCS messaging is new to the iPhone, bringing modern features to ordinary green bubble texting like read receipts, videos and more.
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You can back up your text messages (and iMessages) with iMessage Exporter, a free tool for the Mac. This lets you save space on your phone.
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You can screen share from your Mac to someone else’s Mac directly using iMessage — no third-party apps or downloads required.
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WhatsApp is rolling out voice message transcript support to transcribe the voice notes that you recieve to text.
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Apple paid Globalstar $1.1 billion to provide hardware necessary for the iPhone’s Messages via satellite service that debuted in iOS 18.
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Location sharing is a highly versatile and useful feature of iOS. It proves super-handy in big public spaces like malls, amusement parks and stadiums.
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