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t1_iy8tky7 wrote

Is your name Casey?

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OP t1_iy8toe5 wrote

Yes

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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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OP t1_iy8twu9 wrote

Never knew this, thanks for the help!

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t1_iy96hk2 wrote

You can use by adding the @ before the name

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t1_iy9qdm8 wrote

You don’t need the @

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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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t1_iya2w3a wrote

Literally no different than just typing the name

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t1_iyat8z2 wrote

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

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t1_iyb5vlf wrote

Source for that?

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t1_iyb5zdb wrote

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

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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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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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t1_iy8ubmh wrote

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

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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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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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t1_iy9w773 wrote

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

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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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t1_iybcqop wrote

Wow do you have any more hidden features?

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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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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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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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