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ClumsyDopeFeen OP t1_iy8toe5 wrote

Reply to comment by dskatter in Received a text with blue letters and a gray bubble by ClumsyDopeFeen

Yes

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dskatter t1_iy8trlc wrote

That’s it then. As someone else just said, it pings a particular person if you use their name in a chat.

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ClumsyDopeFeen OP t1_iy8twu9 wrote

Never knew this, thanks for the help!

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vanhalenbr t1_iy96hk2 wrote

You can use by adding the @ before the name

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Kungsgrillen t1_iy9qdm8 wrote

You don’t need the @

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vanhalenbr t1_iy9qkbj wrote

It works better using it, it’s not mandatory but then you need to type on the name

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MrEcksDeah t1_iya2w3a wrote

Literally no different than just typing the name

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Dexrad24 t1_iyat8z2 wrote

It pings them regardless of do not disturb being on or off

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MrEcksDeah t1_iyb5vlf wrote

Source for that?

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Dexrad24 t1_iyb5zdb wrote

I use it to ping my friends lol. They were blown when I showed them

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MrEcksDeah t1_iyb6btc wrote

I mean it does that when you just type it and tag them. I don’t believe having the @ changes anything.

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Dexrad24 t1_iyb6o4h wrote

@[name] automatically bolds it. Just typing in the name of the recipient, your phone would prompt you if you wanna bold it (for pinging). You can try it right now on iMessage

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dskatter t1_iy8ubmh wrote

You’re welcome! I believe this was added in iOS 15, but could be wrong.

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Penumbruh_ t1_iy9vux3 wrote

You are correct! This feature was added alongside the focus mode features and was poised as a way to take break and tailor you phone to certain times of the day but also still be reachable in cases of emergencies (via tagging in iMessage)

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Imaginesafety t1_iy9akxc wrote

They typed @Casey or whatever your contact is for them and it filled in like that. I use that feature in group chats or when I’m feeling weird.

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AHrubik t1_iy9w773 wrote

Just wait till they long press the send button the first time.

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Feralpudel t1_iybg3q8 wrote

My weird tech-phobe husband discovered this by accident and I couldn’t figure out why the hell his messages were being sent quietly and loudly (and of course he certainly didn’t know). The bubbles were also hilarious. For a while there he was an imessage version of boomer facebook.

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KingReef90 t1_iybcqop wrote

Wow do you have any more hidden features?

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AHrubik t1_iybhpf8 wrote

You can control to focus distance of Portrait mode in the camera app using the circle "f" button that appears in the upper righthand corner of the app.

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sannair96 t1_iybk5h6 wrote

Instead of recording a Memoji message, make the face you want then press and hold to drag that as an emoji and place anywhere on a message

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cardinalsfanokc t1_iy97jzt wrote

You have to tag them, not just use their name but yes, this is why.

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A_SnoopyLover t1_iyafdwz wrote

No I’ve had it do it without typing the @ sign doesn’t always work but sometimes it does.

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GrumpyKitten514 t1_iy99bot wrote

interesting, someone did this to me recently and i was like huh, weird.

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rockdangelo99 t1_iy9nnof wrote

Threw you off for a moment I see. Lol It’s a cool feature. Works in group chats really well.

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