Do More with Messages

Apple’s Messages app offers much more than just text-based chat—and a way to figure out which of your friends use Apple devices (those with blue bubbles) and which don’t (those with green bubbles). Messages can also be used for voice messages, screen sharing, sending documents, and more.

Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18 add some spiffy new features to Messages, though they are mostly geared toward people who use Messages a lot differently than I do.

Add Text Formatting

We’ve all used formatting in email messages for years, but iMessage, and before that, SMS and other similar messaging systems, have only ever supported plain ...

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