iOS 26 Getting Custom AI-Generated Message Backgrounds, Generative Shortcuts and 'Mixmoji'

The iOS 26 Messages app is acceptable to gain enactment for customized backgrounds for conversations, and it appears that AI volition beryllium an enactment for generating antithetic looks.


According to Nicolás Alvarez, ‌iOS 26‌ codification suggests that users volition beryllium capable to make backgrounds for the Messages app utilizing text-based descriptions. The diagnostic appears to usage Image Playground, and determination volition beryllium ‌Image Playground‌ benignant options that see Animation, Illustration, and Sketch.

The Messages backgrounds volition beryllium customizable connected a per-conversation basis, truthful iPhone, iPad, and Mac users volition beryllium capable to acceptable a antithetic inheritance for each of their connection threads. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman antecedently said that the backgrounds volition sync betwixt each participants successful a Messages conversation. So if you acceptable a circumstantial inheritance for an iMessage chat with a friend, the person volition spot the aforesaid background.

Other messaging apps similar WhatsApp enactment customized inheritance options, truthful Apple is playing catch-up with the caller Messages app inheritance feature.

The Messages app is besides acceptable to summation enactment for polls, automatic translation for incoming messages successful different languages, and the enactment to make Genmoji by combining 2 existing modular emoji. Apple plans to telephone the ‌Genmoji‌ mixing diagnostic "Mixmoji." With this feature, you volition beryllium capable to harvester 2 emoji specified arsenic barroom and balloons into a caller emoji that features a barroom and a balloon for a celebration.

Apple has different AI features successful the works, specified arsenic an Apple Intelligence-powered mentation of the Shortcuts app. Apple could telephone the caller Shortcuts enactment "Generative Shortcuts," and it appears it volition usage earthy connection to assistance users make almighty multi-step shortcut actions.

‌iOS 26‌ and the caller Messages features volition beryllium shown disconnected astatine WWDC 2025, which is acceptable to statesman connected Monday, June 9 with a 10:00 a.m. keynote event.
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