Apple has finally given the long-awaited revamp to the Messages app for Mac with the introduction of macOS Big Sur. As expected, the stock messaging app has brought most of the goodies like Memoji stickers and the super cool screen and bubble effects from its iOS counterpart. If you love using these effects on your iPhone, chances are that you would like to use iMessage effects in macOS Big Sur as well. Let me show you how they work!
For those unfamiliar, animated effects were first introduced in iOS 10 in 2016. Thanks to their ability to add plenty of fun elements to messaging, they are quite popular among those who admire iMessaging aka blue bubbles.
Automatically Trigger iMessage Effects on Mac
When you type certain phrases like Pew Pew, Congrats, Congratulations, Happy Birthday, and Happy New Year, the Messages app automatically uses the corresponding effects. So, the next time, you want to send a congratulatory message, simply enter these phrases and send them. The app will automatically add the suitable effect to spice up the conversation.
At any time you want to rev up the mood of the message, you can manually choose from a variety of predefined animated effects.
- Next, type a nice your message which you want to send to your friend. Then, click on the App Store icon to the left of the iMessage text field.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do You Send an iMessage with Effects on Mac?
As mentioned in the guide above, it’s quite straightforward to send an iMessage with different effects like balloons, lasers, echo, and more. Simply open the conversation -> type a message -> App Store icon -> Message Effects. Now, choose an effect and hit the send button.
No. Apple offers end-to-end encryption to safeguard the iMessage against prying eyes. Knowing how seriously Apple takes care of security and privacy, you shouldn’t worry about the protection of your personal messages.
Being deeply integrated into the Apple ecosystem, iMessage works seamlessly on Mac as well as other iDevices like iPhone and iPad. Just like other messaging apps in the market, they also use the Internet to deliver messages.
Unfortunately, you can’t. However, we expect Apple to bring it on Apple TV sometime in the future.
Use iMessage Effects to Light Up Messaging on Mac
So, these are the ways you can use iMessage effects to spice up messaging on your Mac. As someone who loves iMessaging to the core, I give a thumbs up to the introduction of animated effects on macOS. They have further enriched iMessaging.
