How to Use Genmoji on iPhone or iPad?: Create and Use Genmojis in Your Chats to Make it More Fun

After creating a GIF, sticker, and emoji feature, Apple has introduced another exciting feature called Genmoji. You can describe an emotion, activity, or even photos from your device to create a more realistic and customized Genmoji to use during conversations with your friends and family. 

However, the feature is now available only with iOS 18 and later versions, because of which many users are unaware of how to use Genmoji and create a new one. To make the task easier for you, we’ve created this guide with simple steps and some amazing tips. So, let’s start together!

Genmoji and the Compatible Devices

Genmoji is a formerly launched feature in Apple devices that allows you to generate custom emojis. You can use facial expressions, characters, or someone’s photo to create unique Genmoji and then send them during chats. These are a standard image format with a square aspect ratio and can be used with regular texting, just like emojis. 

However, you can access this exclusive feature only on iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, currently in Beta. The devices that are compatible with the Apple Intelligence feature are equipped with a beta version and hence support Genmoji. They include:

• All models of iPhone 16
• iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max
• iPad Mini with A17 chip
• Any iPad with an M-series chip

However, you can send a Genmoji to anyone having different iPhone or iPad models or even any other phone. But in such a case, it will be shared as an attachment instead of the standard image format.

How to Use Genmoji on iOS 18?

To make you aware of how to get Genmoji on your iOS or iPad, here is a simple 5-step process discussed below:

1. Open iMessage or Other Messaging App

   

   First, you need to head to a messaging app like iMessage, Notes, or Mail and open the conversation to whom you want to send the Genmoji.

2. Pull Up the Emoji Keyboard

   

   Now, tap on the message field to bring the keyboard up, and then head to the Emoji section by tapping on the smiley face button in the lower-left corner of the screen. 

3. Tap on Describe an Emoji and Give Description

   

   Next, hit the “Describe an emoji” search bar to find the required Genmoji by entering its description. In case you didn’t find any for the given prompt, just create the one and use it.

4. Select the Suitable Genmoji

   

   The device will serve you with a few results as per your prompt. Scroll through them and select the most appropriate Genmoji to send. 

5. Hit the Insert Option

   

   Finally, tap on the Insert option from the upper right corner of the screen to save the Genmoji in the Genmoji tab of your emoji keyboard so that you can easily use it later. 

Note!

Before knowing how to access Genmoji, you should first make sure the Apple Intelligence is turned on. For this, simply head to Settings >> Apple Intelligence & Siri >> and toggle it on.

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How to Create a Genmoji?

Want to know how to create Genmoji with Apple Intelligence on your iPhone or iPad? Just navigate to a conversation in Messages, Notes, Mail and continue with the following steps:

1. Open the Emoji keyboard and tap on the Genmoji button next to the “Describe an Emoji” search bar to open the Genmoji creator. 

   

2. Now, tap on Continue. 

   

3. Then, in the Describe a Genmoji bar, enter the required prompt that best describes your idea and lastly, hit the Done button from the keyboard to submit it to Apple Intelligence.

   

4. Once you have found the relevant Genmoji from the appeared results, tap on it >> More (•••) button >> Add Caption to provide further description that will be helpful to find the Genmoji later. 

   

5. Finally, hit the Add button from the upper-right corner to load it into the message field. 

   

You can also create a Genmoji for a person tagged in your Photos app by entering his/her name in the search bar. Then, Apple Intelligence will check for all available photos to suggest multiple options that you can pick from, and finally, adjust your Genmoji description to make changes to it.

Find Your Saved Genmoji

Once you have created a new Genmoji and saved it, you can follow the given process to find and use it later so you have fun during the conversation:

1. In the Messages app, go to the Stickers section.
2. Tap on the plus icon >> Stickers.
3. Head to the Stickers or Recents section of the emoji keyboard, and then search for the required Genmoji by entering the same description or caption that you used previously while creating it.

Fun Fact!

Now, Apple Intelligence lets you customize Emojis by entering the prompt in the “Describe an Emoji” field on the keyboard and then hitting the Create New Emoji option given below it. 

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Tips to Enjoy the Best Use of Genmoji AI

It’s not enough to know how to use Genmoji iOS 18 Beta. Instead, you should make the most of it by exploring all its interesting features. For this, check out the given tips:

Be Specific with Descriptions

With this Apple’s image-generating AI, you need to be highly specific with the description that you provide while looking for a Genmoji. This will help you to get the best possible results. You can, 

• First enter a base for the Genmoji, like a man, woman, animal, or something.
• Then, include the additional characteristics like dancing in the rain, having food, etc. 
• Finally, type any additional quality that you want in the Genmoji, e.g., in a garden, on a boat, etc.

Use Verbs and Emotions

Apart from adding specific character traits, you can also use some verbs and emotions to get a more realistic and appropriate Genmoji to meet your mood and expressions. You can use terms like sad, crazy, in love, sleeping, making a high jump, or anything else as per your need.

Enjoy Real-time Suggestions

Genmoji also offers you automated real-time suggestions and recommendations that you can use to create personalized emojis and follow popular trends.

Additionally, you can use a Genmoji sticker along with a Memoji or an Animoji in a single text message to make your conversation more interesting and can also schedule the message just like a normal text to send later.

Final Words

It’s sad that Apple has removed some emojis from the new iOS versions, but to compensate for the loss, it has come up with the exclusive Genmoji feature to make chatting more exciting. And now that you know how to use Genmoji and methods to create a new one with Apple Intelligence, just enjoy using it on your new iPhone and iPad models!

Express your emotions to your friends and family with the funny and unique Genmojis!

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