How to add a full-screen effect to Messages on iPhone

Apple’s native Messages app has a ton of little features that can give your messages some pizzazz. The app offers the ability to add special full-screen effects to iMessage, allowing you to send messages with confetti, balloons, fireworks, love hearts, and more.

The app automatically applies full-screen effects to certain words and phrases, but you can also manually add them to any message you want to send. Here’s how to add a full-screen effect to Messages on iPhone in a few simple steps.

How to add a full-screen effect to Messages on iPhone

Learn how to add a full-screen effect to Messages on iPhone

Before you add a full-screen effect to Messages, note that the functionality only works for iMessage. So, the effect will not show up for a user who does not have an iPhone.

Open Messages on your iPhone and tap the Compose button to start a new message. Alternatively, you can open an existing conversation.
Next, type your message.
After you are done typing, tap and hold the Send Send button.
Tap Screen.
Swipe to the left to look through all the available full-screen effects.
Tap Send.

Note that the app automatically applies full-screen effects to some specific messages like Balloons for “Happy birthday”, Confetti for “Congratulations”, Fireworks for “Happy New Year”, etc.

We hope this guide helped you learn how to add a full-screen effect to Messages on iPhone. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.