What the Tech: Smartphone texting tricks - WILX

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Every time astir 300 cardinal Americans usage their phones to nonstop messages implicit text, Facebook messenger, oregon different messaging app - but astir are conscionable plain aged substance messages.

That’s good for most.

But person you ever wanted to marque your connection basal out? Consumer exertion newsman Jamey Tucker uncovers immoderate hidden smartphone tricks to impressment your friends.

These texting tricks volition truly up your messaging game. And I’ll stake whoever you nonstop them to, volition substance backmost “how did you bash that?”

Send emojis, memojis, oregon abbreviated substance connected an iPhone with immoderate flair. Rather than pat “send,” clasp down the “send” button. You tin past take to nonstop it with a slam, loud, oregon gentle effect, oregon capable the surface with balloons, confetti, oregon fireworks.

Instead of typing retired telephone numbers oregon thing other successful print, pat wherever you’d typically write, and scan text. This is useful for sharing telephone numbers connected concern cards oregon signs oregon adjacent substance shown successful photos.

Emoticons are amusive but intolerable to type. Tap the globe, past keyboards, and adhd Japanese-Kana, past the awesome that looks similar 2 squinting eyes and a mouth. The down arrow reveals each the emoticons to take from. That’ll permission them scratching their heads.

On iPhone, absorption mode tin springiness you a interruption from texts, calls, and notifications. Swipe down to unfastened the power center. You tin take to let messages from circumstantial radical and apps. Turn it connected and anyone trying to get successful interaction with you volition get a connection saying you person notifications silenced. You’ll get the notifications each astatine erstwhile once you crook absorption mode backmost off.

Then there’s the three-finger magic instrumentality that blows everyone’s mind. On my iPhone, I transcript immoderate substance from a website by pinching the surface with 3 fingers similar I’m picking it up. I tin present paste that copied substance into different app by releasing it. You tin bash this with photos connected your camera rotation too. And, if that’s not brainsick enough, I tin paste it connected different instrumentality the aforesaid way. Three fingers pinching, 3 fingers releasing.

You tin usage this successful substance messages and Facebook posts. I volition archer you erstwhile I tried copying and pasting from an iPhone to an iPad, I got mixed results, but you should truly effort it.

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