You can add colorful animations to your iPhone texts using secret codes that few people know about. All you need to do is send someone a special trigger word over iMessage to activate each effect – ...

Give your text and emoji-based messages a bit of life, by sending special effects to others in the iMessage conversation. Sometimes, sending a message from your iPhone to others can seem a bit ...

Whether you like it or not, the iPhone’s SMS bleep and jittery ringtones have become as recognizable as the MGM lion’s roar or the 1-800-Mattress jingle. For Apple, these sounds are an immediate ...

If you've set up Mail and iMessage on your iPad, you may be getting frequent notifications for texts and emails. In addition, notifications might be coming in for Calendar alerts, Reminders, and more.