Apple released the first public beta of iOS 18 on Monday, a little over a month after the tech giant announced the software at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. While you can customize your lock screen and schedule messages to send later in iOS 18, an exciting new feature that can make messaging more fun is the ability to use more Tapbacks — Apple’s version of Reactions. With iOS 18, you can react to messages with all your favorite emojis and stickers.
Read more: Everything you need to know about iOS 18 public beta
We recommend only downloading a beta on something other than your primary device. Since this isn’t the final version of iOS 18, the update may be buggy and your battery life may be short. It’s best to keep those issues to a secondary device.
Note: The beta is not the final version of iOS 18, so more features may land on your iPhone when iOS 18 is released. Apple has said iOS 18 will be released to the public this fall, but no firm date has been set yet.
Here’s how to use all your emojis and stickers to react to texts in Messages.
How to access all emoji for Tapbacks
In iOS 18, add any emoji as a tapback.
1. Open To inform.
2. Use the right chat.
3. Press and hold a message.
4. Scroll right in the Tapbacks bubble above the post and tap the smiley.
This will bring up your emoji keyboard at the bottom of your screen. You can scroll through the emoji or use the search function to find the emoji you want to use.
You can also tap the sticker icon — the folded circle — on the left side of the emoji keyboard to access your pre-made and custom stickers. That means you can reply to someone’s post with a sticker of your pet if you want — and who doesn’t want to see more pets?
Keep in mind that iOS 18 is still in beta, so these features may be buggy or not work properly. There will likely be more beta versions before the OS is released to the public, so Apple has plenty of time to address any issues. However, at this time, there is no news yet on when Apple will release iOS 18.
For more, here’s how to decipher all the emojis . You can also check out my hands-on experience with the iOS 18 public beta and how to remove your flashlight from your lock screen.
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