Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji ...

You can also react to a message with more than one emoji — just repeat the process to tack another reaction beside (or onto) the first one. And that's it. You now have 3,500+ options for message ...

Google Messages is Google's default chat app and RCS client. Messages now supports a double-tap gesture for quick heart emoji ...

Google appears to be testing a feature that lets you react to messages with any emoji, instead of limiting you to a standard set of them. Like anything text-message related, it can get messy.

This brings up the emoji picker built-in to Messages. There’s a search field at the top and 10 categories below. As you scroll, the sheet expands, with recents at the top.

If you need to resize or move the emoji, long press on it until it ripples. Then, adjust the size and placement accordingly. You can also react with any stickers you have created.

Google Messages is more widely rolling out the simple ability to “Double tap to heart” on Android. This is a straightforward addition that saves you from long-pressing on a message for the row ...