Personalized Emojis Made Easy: Genmoji on iOS Explained

In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Genmoji on iOS. Genmoji, introduced in iOS 18.2, is an AI-powered feature that allows users to create custom emojis simply by describing them in text. This innovative tool enables personalized and unique emojis, going beyond the standard set to enhance self-expression in messaging and other apps.How to Create a Genmoji:Update Your iPhone:Make sure your device is running iOS 18.2.Go to Settings > General > Software Update to check for updates.Enable Apple Intelligence:Open Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri, and turn on Apple Intelligence.Access Genmoji:Open the Messages app.Start a new message or choose an existing conversation.Double-tap the emoji icon on the keyboard.Select "New Genmoji" in the top-right corner of the emoji keyboard.Create Your Genmoji:In the text field, type a description of your desired emoji (e.g., "a pink flamingo wearing tap-dancing shoes").Double tap Submit.Browse the generated options, then choose your favorite.Double tap Add to include it in your message.Device Compatibility: Genmoji is available on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the iPhone 16 lineup and newer.TranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by Aiko, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.Hello and welcome.My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse.I'm going to be talking to you today about a feature called Gemmoji.I know, I know.There's so many different emoji, Memoji, Gemmoji.Thanks to Apple.I know.I hear you.But that's what I'm here for.I'm going to explain what Gemmoji is and how that's different from other emojis that you find throughout your iOS.Now this is a really kind of a nifty kind of feature that I'm starting to like quite a bit.So all of you probably are familiar with emoji, right?So emojis are little characters, little design, this little artwork is very small and that you can put into your messages and to your WhatsApp and all sorts of different variety of ways of communication.So you can send a little picture of something.So usually they're kind of basic stuff like cows and food things like tomatoes.And you probably know more the popular ones like a smiley face emoji or something or heart eyes emoji and things like that, red heart.Those are emojis and I know there's plenty of those emojis, right?There's like a thousand of these things, right?However, sometimes you're going to find that there isn't quite the emoji that you want.Let's just say I want a mouse wearing sunglasses, giving a thumbs up.You probably not going to find that emoji, but now we are able to design and customize your own emoji called Gemmoji.That allows you to create any emojis that you want to your heart consent.The sky is the limit and what you can create, but I'll show you some quirks and some setbacks that you're not…