Overview of new features in Messages in iOS 14

Messages — one of the most important applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac; in iOS 14 it received new useful features,

which are worth mentioning. Read a short review.

Updated interface. Messages in iOS 14 has an updated mainan interface that allows you to see all messages in one feed, all messages from your list of known senders, or messages from unknown senders who are not in your contacts list.

Using the «Filters» button, you can access these different groups.

There is also a new feature that allows yousee the message text input indicator in the conversation list without having to go into the dialog itself. So you can immediately see who is typing you a message.

The most important conversations can be fixed at the top of the Messages application by swiping right to any conversation in the main chat list.

Consolidation of dialogue помещает его в круг в верхней части приложения Сообщения, помещая спереди и по центру. Вы можете закрепить в общей сложности девять разговоров.

The icons for pinned chats aredynamic, so you can see the photo of the participant with the latest unread messages, response taps and typing indicators. An interesting fact: the printed indicators on pinned chats will coincide with the mouth for people who have selected portrait photo or Memoji as the overall image.

You can consolidate both the conversations of one person and group conversations, and each of them has the same function of a dynamic icon.

Изображения в закрепленных беседах — это the ones that the people you interact with choose to share with you. General Profile Photos — This is a feature that was introduced back in iOS 13. Group chats will have a photo selected for the group, and iOS 14 introduces new group photo customization options.

Inline Answers— is a feature designed to make it easier to organize chats involving multiple people and/or multiple subjects.

If you are chatting with several people and have conversations that cover several topics, you can specify who you want to answer using the built-in answer.

Make a built-in response by long pressing on the message you want to reply to and selecting the “Reply” option.

Embedded responses will be displayed asflow under the original answer, and if you click on it, you can see the entire conversation separately from the main chat conversation. Built-in answers can be used in conversations with one person or in group chats, but they are most useful in chats with several people.

Mentions.Mentions in Messagesare designed to allow you to message a specific person in a group chat to get their attention or clarify who you're talking to in a multi-person conversation.

Mentions are available both in single-person chats and in group conversations, but are most useful in group chats.

You can mention someone by entering their specificthe name as it appears in the contacts, so if your friend Eric and you want to mention Eric, enter his name, wait until it turns gray, and then tap it to include the name in the mention.

Names that will work as mentionswill turn blue. Note that you can use @eric if you want to highlight someone's name, but @ is not necessary. However, sometimes it's more convenient to use @ because it automatically turns the name into a mention without you having to click on it.

Memoji. Apple Memoji feature allows you to createcustom avatars that resemble you or how you prefer to be seen. In iOS 14, Apple added new hairstyles, headpieces, and age options so your Memoji can look like you like never before.

There are also masks, so your Memoji can wear a mask like many of us do these days, and there are new Memoji stickers to indicate hugs, fists and redness.

Emoji Search, Mac has had an Emoji interface for a long time,which includes a search function, and now iOS devices too. When you click on the Emoji or globe button to bring up the emoji interface, a search bar appears where you can search for emoji by keyword to find exactly what you're looking for.

iOS 14 lets you select icons in group chatin addition to the name, which allows you to customize group conversations more individually so you can distinguish between them. Just open the information tab of any group conversation to customize it.

You can select a custom photo, letter, Memoji, Animoji or emoji to be used as the icon for group chat, as well as adjust the background color for the icon.