How to Use Apple’s Genmoji to Create New Kinds of Emojis

For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what's available on your smartphone's keyboard. With the help of Apple Intelligence, you can generate custom emojis right from your keyboard using text prompts or even a person's photo from your Photos library. If you still don't have access to Genmoji, make sure that Apple Intelligence is enabled. It's worth noting that Apple Intelligence is only available on select iPhones—the iPhone 16 range, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Screenshots courtesy of Brenda Stolyar via Apple Intelligence Enter Your Prompt When you have a Messages window open, tap on the emoji icon or keyboard icon to access the emoji keyboard.