How to use FaceTime camera effects like Animoji and stickers during video calls
FaceTime camera effects including Animoji and Memoji can make video calling much more fun and personal. Make this a reality by following these steps.
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Apple’s Leadership page receives an awesome Memoji overhaul for World Emoji Day
Apple is celebrating World Emoji Day in ways more than one. We especially liked a light-hearted overhaul of the Apple Leadership webpage with executive faces on headshots replaced with corresponding Memoji characters.
Video hands-on: introducing the new iOS 12 Animoji—ghost, koala, tiger & T-rex
The existing set of Animoji available on your iPhone X has expanded with the new ghost, koala, tiger and T-rex characters—and iDownloadBlog’s hands-on video walkthrough takes a closer look at them all.
How to create, edit & use Memoji and put a smile on someone’s face
One of the more creative features in iOS 12 is the ability to create so-called Memoji. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create, edit, and use them.
Apple releases iOS 11.3 with battery health, iPhone throttling control, new Animoji & more
iOS 11.3 is here and with it arrive anticipated new options in Settings for assessing battery health and managing Apple’s controversial CPU throttling feature.
Video: here’s Asus’s Animoji clone in action
What started as a supposedly gimmicky iPhone X feature has turned into the latest thing that Apple’s rivals are now ripping off shamelessly. Asus’s Animoji clone isn’t all that bad because it can be used in video chats or live-streaming, too.
Samsung ridicules iPhone X notch, says its Animoji clone is totally different
It seems that Samsung and Apple have a new smartphone battleground: emojis. Apple, of course, was the first to bring out an AR emoji on iPhone X last year, but now Samsung is defending its own AR emoji implementation as not being a carbon-copy of Apple’s Animoji feature.
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S9 to feature 3D emoji
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus handsets are expected to feature Animoji-like 3D emoji.
New Animoji features in iOS 12: iPad and FaceTime support, new characters & more
iOS 12 reportedly includes further Animoji enhancements such as additional characters, iPad and FaceTime support, a more easily navigated menu and more.
Apple whips up trippy Animoji karaoke ads celebrating the upcoming Grammy Awards
Apple’s new advertisements celebrate the upcoming Grammy Awards with a pair of videos featuring a dog and an alien Animoji performing hits by Migos and Childish Gambino.
Hands-on with iOS 11.3: new Animoji, Health records, ARKit 1.5, Messages on iCloud, AirPlay 2, and more
From AirPlay 2 to Messages on iCloud, to new Animoji, Health records, and more, we’ve now gone hands-on with everything new you can expect in iOS 11.3.
The developer preview of iOS 11.3 is now available
The iOS 11.3 developer beta is now available and it brings a host of smaller changes and a few new features, like expanded medical record integration, four new Animoji, ARKit enhancements and more. Unfortunately, the anticipated battery health and CPU throttling features will be coming in a later iOS 11.3 beta release.