How to Use Animoji on iPhone X

How to Use Animoji on iPhone X

Animoji is one of the major new software features available on iPhone X. For the unfamiliar, Animoji are animated cartoon renditions of things like a smiling pile of fecal matter, a unicorn, dog, cat, chicken, panda, pig, fox, alien, and other figures, and the Animoji feature works by using the Face ID front-facing iPhone camera to see how your face is changing and mimic those facial expressions on the animated character. You can then record little snippets of Animoji and send them to people, leading to messages that include something like a talking animated unicorn or talking animated pile of feces. This thrilling new Animoji feature is easy to use, but its also easy to overlook. Thats because Animoji capabilities are built into the Messages app of iPhone and is, currently anyway, not a separate application. Thus, to create and use Animoji, you must start from the iPhone Messages app. The tutorial below walks through how to use Animoji on the iPhone X. Animoji is only available on the latest and greatest iPhone X models with Face ID, the feature is not available on earlier iPhone models, it must be iPhone X (or newer). Animoji is not available on iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iPad, or earlier iOS device models. Ready to make and send an Animoji? Heres how it works: The recipient will receive a short video clip of the Animoji. For example, heres an Animoji of the smiling feces that is mimicking the human facial expressions as seen through Face ID camera on the iPhone. If the recipient of the Animoji has an iPhone X or newer model device, the animoji will appear as an integrated looping video. If the recipient of the animoji has a Mac or earlier iPhone or iPad model, the animoji recording will arrive like any other video in a .mov file format. Yes. The Animoji recording will default to staying in your Messages app unless it is deleted. Additionally, you can manually save an animoji like you would or . (A quick side note; the Animoji recordings are not animated gifs by default, but you can or similar ). Yes, you can use the Animoji feature with facial recognition even if you . If you have an iPhone X you have perhaps already used the Animoji feature, or at least seen it sent from someone else, or perhaps even on TV. The (embedded below) has surfaced in a wide variety of popular videos elsewhere on the web. Have fun with Animoji, theyre sure to be a prominent inclusion in future iPhone and iPad software, much like , Messages apps, , and the other busy and goofy features bundled into the iOS Messages app.