Sometimes a single emoji is enough to express our emotion more than a text message. That is why emojis gained more popularity in messaging.
There is plenty of variety emojis available, apart from faces you can use animals, car, food and flag emojis.
If you are using iPhone or any other iOS device, then you don’t need to download any third-party keyboard app to use emoji. Follow the below steps to unlock hidden emoji keyboard on your iPhone/iPad.
- Go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard.
- Here, select Keyboards, then Add New Keyboard.
- Scroll through the list and look for Emoji icons, then tap it to select.
- When you tap on it, the Emoji keyboard adds your list of active keyboards.
Now the emoji keyboard is installed on your iPhone. How to test emoji working or not?
Open any texting app on your iPhone and start typing. Once you start typing the keyboard will pop up Here, tap on Globe icon, it will show the available keyboards installed on your phone. Now tap on Emoji keyboard to start using it.
Alternative Emoji Keyboards for iOS Devices
If you are not satisfied with default emoji keyboard on your iPhone/iPad you can try third-party emoji keyboards available on the App Store.
Kika Emoji Keyboard
Kika Emoji Keyboard is one of the best default emoji keyboard alternatives for iOS. Packed with very powerful features like 1200+ emoji & emoticons, stickers, themes, funny GIF and smileys. Along with smart typing options, the app also supports various themes support to change the look of the keyboard.
Swiftkey Keyboard
Another interesting keyboard for iOS users with emoji compatibility is SwiftKey Keyboard. The app has a wide variety of typing features along with emoji support. The app learns the typing skills from you using its AI. It supports more than 150 languages and enables up to two languages at a time.
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