A close-up of Apple's new app drawer in iMessage. Apple When you downloaded iOS 11, you may have noticed something new inside iMessage: a strip of app icons at the bottom of the screen.

Tap the "X" icon in the top-right corner to exit the App Store and return to the iMessage screen. 7. Below your keyboard, scroll through the icons until you find the game app you just downloaded.

Apple’s new iOS 10 update adds a bunch of fun new features to iMessage, including effects, apps, and stickers that you can send to your friends.

To get at them, open an iMessage conversation and tap the gray app store icon to the left of the message box. There you’ll see apps you’ve already added, and you can find more by tapping the ...

You can access the iMessage App Store by going into Messages, heading into an iMessage thread and tapping the App Store icon next to the compose button. Then, tap the four dots in the lower left ...

One of the more noticeable design changes in iOS 17 this year is in the Messages app. Apple has revamped the interface and moved access to iMessage apps and shortcuts to a new pop-up menu.

Open the iMessage app and tap the Compose icon in the top right-hand corner to start a new message or go to an existing conversation . Type your message of three emojis or less in the message box; ...

This collection of useful iMessage apps, including iTranslate, Dropbox, OneDrive and Square Cash, should help you get things done more easily when you have other things to do.

The iMessage app itself may need to be restarted, in which case you should open Settings (the gear icon), select Messages, then turn off the toggle for iMessage (it will turn gray).