by Joe Rossignol
One of the new Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 is Genmoji, which allows you to instantly create your own custom emoji.
AI-generated emoji can be created with text prompts like "smiley relaxing wearing cucumbers" or "t-rex wearing a tutu on a surfboard."
Just like emoji, Apple says Genmoji can be added to messages, shared as a sticker, or used as a Tapback reaction in the Messages app.
Apple Intelligence features are not included in the first beta of iOS 18, and instead will become available for testing over the U.S. summer.
iOS 18 should be publicly released in September.
Related Roundups: WWDC 2024, iOS 18, iPadOS 18
Tags: Messages, Genmoji
Related Forums: Apple, Inc and Tech Industry, iOS 18, iPadOS 18
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Top Rated Comments
enjoi52
5 days ago at 11:43 am
Mark my words, Genmoji may be one of the most impactful features to in terms of getting consumers comfortable with AI.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
garotemonkey
5 days ago at 11:38 am
I believe the Braindead Monkeys put it best about a year and a half ago, in "You're Not Helping ('http://bdmonkeys.net/alac/BDM-Meta_Meat-17-Youre_Not_Helping.m4a')".
"Do you really NEED a smiley face eating a pickle while wearing a sombrero?"
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher
5 days ago at 11:39 am
One of the new Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 is Genmoji, which allows you to instantly create your own custom emoji.The emoji can be created with text prompts like "t-rex wearing a tutu on a surfboard."
That's the power of Apple Intelligence.
Will this put Apple's emoji creators out of a job?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Supercyborgninja
5 days ago at 11:40 am
Tbh the Image Playground & this seem really Un-Applelike.
But more than anything, the lack of demo hearing Siri is worrying to me.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dulcimer
5 days ago at 11:49 am
Genuinely impressed by this. The fact that they can be sent inline with message makes adding new Unicode emoji kinda useless haha.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hagjohn
5 days ago at 11:42 am
Enough with the emoji's already.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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