Extend Messages
Apple sometimes treats the Messages app like a five-pound sack into which they need to cram another five pounds of stuff every time there’s a new idea. The integration isn’t perfect: Messages had a couple of straightforward purposes, and now it has many. Many people have used Messages for years without even knowing that some of these extras exist.
This chapter looks at the most significant aspects of Messages that extend its basic purpose and that may be the hardest to sort out. I cover several features in Messages, some of which have limits on where they’re used:
Apple Cash: iOS/iPadOS and watchOS
Handwriting and send with effects: iOS/iPadOS
Audio messages: iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS
Messages Apps: iOS/iPadOS (limited ...
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