Tap onKeyboardsto see your keyboard prefs.

You should now see a list of available keyboards in various languages.

Scroll down and look for the one labeled “Emoji.”

Tapping the globe brings up the emoji instead of the regular keyboard letters.

Swipe right to continue seeing additional groupings of emoji.

Simply tap on any image, select it, and insert it into your message or post.

What Does ‘Emoji’ Mean?

You may be wondering what emojis are and how they differ fromemoticons.

Emoji are picture characters.

Theyre similar to emoticons, only broader because they dont just express emotions likesmileysand other emoticons do.

Many of the emoji images have been adopted into the global computer text-coding standard known as Unicode.

Emojiappsfor the iPhone typically provide a visual keyboard that shows the little pictures or emoticons known as emoji.

Here are a few of the more popular emoji apps foriOS devices: