10 new things you can do on the iMessage app

iMessage is Apple's exclusive free messaging service for iOS and Mac users. Last year, Apple paved the way for richer iMessage experiences with the launch of iMessage apps (or extensions) on iOS 10 for iPhone and iPad users.

This means you can experience more than just sending text messages, voice messages, images or video messages. Try the new apps below to use iMessage no longer boring.

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Install and use iMessage applications

If your outgoing messages in the conversation are blue, then you're using iMessage (if they are green, many of the apps in it won't work). You can access iMessage applications by clicking the ">" icon to the left of the message entry line on any iMessage chat.

Here, click the App Store icon. You can press the bottom left button to access the list of available apps in Store. Click Store to find applications by category or use the search feature in the top left corner of the screen. Click Manage to enable or disable the application.

Many popular applications (like Dropbox) have "iMessage" components, you can turn them on or off from the Manage tab. This is extremely handy for games that include stickers that you don't want to display. Once the application has been installed, go back to the menu and click on the icon to launch the application.

That's it already.

1. Play the game

There are many games you can play between conversations on iMessage. In it, the most favorite games are Words With Friends, Four in a Row and Checkmate chess player application.

2. Share your location

You can easily share your location with other iMessage users by clicking the i button in the top right corner, then clicking Send My Current Location . You can use Apple Maps if you want, but it is better to use Google Maps map service, install Google Maps and turn on the iMessage application.

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Then, click Send to see the correct address and send the website link to your friend.

3. Send animated images (GIFs)

Although WebM and high-speed internet video appear, users still love animated GIFs. So why not enliven your conversation with animations? Apple provides users with an application called #image that does this work, which is to search for a series of animated images and the #image application will perform its task.

If you want a better animation application then Giphy is a bad choice. Giphy lets you create your own GIFs and share them with friends.

4. Share music

Apple's integrated music app for iMessage allows you to quickly share songs with friends. Launch the application, you will find some of the most recent songs you have heard, along with the currently playing items, then you can send with just one touch.

If you really want to share the song you are listening to right now, Shazam's "sing to find music" app will help you do it during recording. Launch the application, press Shazam , as soon as the song is determined, a Shazam link will be added to the message box. You can also connect Shazam with Apple Music if you want.

5. Send or delete private text and multimedia messages

You can hide sending messages in iMessage with the help of new features in iOS 10. Simply type a message or select a photo, then press quickly (3D touch) on the Send button and select Invisible Ink . If you are using an iPhone 6 or an older mobile device, you need to touch and hold the Send button instead of the above.

The recipient needs to swipe through your message to display the content, the application is very convenient because others find it hard to view your private messages.

If you want more security, try the free Confide app - which allows you to destroy text messages and pictures yourself. This application has the same end-to-end encryption feature as iMessage, although there are charging options, but the core features are 100% free.

6. Share weather information

You can use the friendly weather app on iMessage to quickly check and share forecasts when chatting.

The Weather Channel application provides a free basic forecast sharing function, CARROT Weather is also an interesting weather application but you have to pay $ 3.99 to use.

7. Translate conversation

There are many translation apps on the App Store, but not all work well on iMessage. You should also remember that translation and language learning services are at a cost. Therefore, the best translation applications are usually not free

However, there is a good and free application for users that is iTranslate . This is a great translation application, providing unlimited access to a large amount of language when you connect to the network (offline translation service requires in-app purchases). Yandex Translate is also a free translation application that supports offline translation but it is not designed beautifully and is not useful by iTranslate .

8. Find movies

Are you planning to go to the movies with your friends or think about an old movie but want to convince someone to watch it? Just enter IMDb and the app's iMessage utility, IMDb will provide you with a list of movies playing in theaters near your location (provided you have to grant location access), then IMDb database can be searched right on the Messages application.

Once you've found the movie you want to watch, just click on it to send the movie link to a friend.

9. Share files in Cloud

iCloud is not the best application when it comes to file sharing, which is why there is no iMessage app to share items in iCloud Drive. Meanwhile, both Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive apps add this sharing function. If you have used one of these services, you may have installed the application on your device. Now you just need to turn on the iMessage utility from the Manage tab under the iMessage App Store .

Once installed, these applications allow you to browse and share files directly in the conversation. OneDrive even lets you quickly open files in other Microsoft applications like Word or Excel.

10. Check out a math formula

Finally, if you are a math student who needs to share ideas with classmates, Vulcanize is a useful application. Vulcanize allows you to convert LaTeX (a programming tool to help formulate math formulas) into a complete math formula that is not inferior to textbooks.

Which iMessage application are you using?

IMessage extensions seem to be a trick to advertise, but real utility apps will help users speed up work and refresh conversations. If you are playing games, sending funny pictures to your friends or saving precious seconds by optimizing your work, then iMessage apps are worth looking back at.

Have you owned your favorite iMessage applications? Let us know by commenting below.