Back in November when the iPhone X was about to go on sale, I became smitten with its Animoji face-detecting characters, one of the most rewardingly silly applications of advanced technology ever.

In iOS 11, Apple introduced animated emoji characters called Animoji, which are designed to mimic your facial expressions. As of iOS 12, Animoji have grown to encompass Memoji, which are customizable ...

The iPhone X is the only iPhone that can send Animoji. This guide will show you how to use Animoji and explain where you can send Animoji from your iPhone X. Animoji are animated emoji that you ...

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Apple's Animoji are a smash hit, but one of their most popular uses is not what was originally intended: lip syncing along with your favorite songs. The process of recording it is a little ...

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Apple's Animoji may provide more ways to interact with the face-tracking animated characters, by playing appropriate sound effects for each avatar triggered when users either make specific expressions ...

A talking fox. A pig doing stand-up. A singing pile of poo. A robot reciting slam poetry. You’re going to see all these things and more all over your iMessages and social media feeds in the coming ...

If you have an iPhone X, you're probably well aware of the Animoji feature within the Messages app, which is designed to let you send cute little animated videos of emoji animals that adopt your ...

When Apple unveiled its iPhone X back in 2017, one of the most popular features was Animoji, which lets you create cute animated videos of various animals and creatures and send them to your friends.