Genmoji

Seven years ago, Apple gave us “Animoji” with the iPhone X and its TrueDepth camera. Now, it’s taking things up a notch by using generative AI to create custom “Genmoji” for any occasion.

Typing in a descriptive phrase will create a new emoji on-demand that can be shared in Messages or used as a sticker or a tapback. Since these custom emoji won’t be part of the Unicode standard, don’t expect them to work too well beyond Apple devices; they’ll likely work the same way as Memoji does now, which includes using them as stickers or even tapbacks in iOS 18. Like Memoji, it will presumably be possible to send them in graphics via email or other messaging apps.