When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

Google Messages Screen Effects add a fun touch to everyday chats, but you might not have encountered this cool feature. It’s not well-known, and the animations don’t have to be specifically selected ...

Your iPhone 13 can do many wonders that you haven't yet discovered for a while. Somehow, it's not only limited to certain emojis, but you can also send some screen effects to your buddies through an ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Google Messages isn't just for sending plain texts anymore. You might already be using it without a second thought, but there are plenty of hidden Google Messages features that may surprise you. One ...

Screen Effects add some big screen-filling animations to your Google Messages chats. So far, Screen Effects have been activated by using specific text trigger phrases. Messages now appears to respond ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

Google Messages is now gradually rolling out the Screen Effects feature. If you are bored and weary of the same old, boring texts, the new feature brings some animated visuals to enhance your chat ...

iOS 10 gave the Messages app on Apple devices a spruce up with a bunch of new features. One of those was screen effects, allowing you to essentially bombard your contact’s iOS device with raining ...