iOS beta 10 2 brings us the package store for iMessage that Apple promised us since the day WWDC 2016 took place in San Francisco, its launch being preceded by the appearance in the App Store of some emoji packs, smileys and other interesting elements for users.
Apple has set out to turn iMessage into a real competitor for WhatsApp Messenger, Viber or Facebook Messenger, so starting this year we will have a multitude of new functions, including an App Store that allows downloading emoji, smiley characters animated movies and many others.
Starting with iOS 10 beta 2 this package store for iMessage became active, and anyone can enjoy it to download, for now, only 4 packages that Apple offers, the application developers will offer many more starting in the fall this year, when iOS 10 will be officially released.
Meanwhile, to access the package store for iMessage you will first need to install iOS 10 beta 2 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch because the previous version of iOS 10 does not provide access to this virtual store, so do not try to use it because you will not be successful.
After you have installed iOS 10, you can access the package store of iMessage by following these steps:
- Open the Messages application.
- Access any conversation, or open a new one.
- Press the button that has an icon similar to that of an App Store. If an arrow appears in the bar above the keyboard, press it and then the App store icon.
- Now press the visible button at the bottom left of the screen, the one with a 4-point icon.
- Now press the Store icon.
- In the new interface you will see the 4 types of emoji characters now offered by Apple.
Installing any of the packages will allow you to send emoji characters, animated or not, to your friends, but only those who have iOS 10 installed will be able to see the animations these characters have, in the rest of the iOS versions the emoji characters appear as static images.
