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11 iPhone texting tips you'll wish you knew sooner
Texting is one of the best modern tech conveniences around. Instead of fussing with a phone call, you can compose messages and send them at any time. You can keep them short and sweet or long and strong. You can even spice them up with photos, GIFs, emojis, animojis and videos.
You don’t even have to read a text message right away. Save it for later, then read and reply on your own time. This is why so many people prefer texting. But did you know you can take your texting game to even greater heights?
With a few tricks, you can become a texting guru. One way is to control your phone with your voice without using Siri. Tap or click here to see how. But what else can you do? Here are the iPhone texting tricks you wish you knew all along.
1. Turn your finger into a mouse
Our iPhone screens are pretty small compared to our hands. Even the larger devices can make tapping the right place in a message tricky. Instead of frustrating yourself while trying to tap on the right word, use this simple trick to turn your finger into a mouse.
When you’re texting someone and want to go to a specific part of the message, press and hold the space bar, then drag your finger up, down, left or right to put the cursor exactly where you want it.
2. React to messages
Do you like the reaction options social media sites offer? It’s convenient to convey your feelings with a heart or thumbs up. And now, you can also react to text messages on your phone.
Press down on the message and choose how you’d like to react. Pick between a heart, thumbs up or down, Ha Ha, exclamation points or a question mark.
3. Quick copy and forward
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