Here’s How to Turn Your Favorite Pet Photo Into a Cute iPhone Emoji
Pet owners usually jump at the chance to show off photos of their furry or feathered best friends, but searching for the right photo can be annoying. Sometimes I just want to respond to a text with a quizzical turn of the head or a look of unabashed joy with the same ease as sending a smiley face emoji.
Case in point: my dog Cinnamon Toast Crunch. She is brown and white and loves to go for walks, and I take every opportunity to show her off to the world. And with the Live Stickers feature on my iPhoneI can turn the photo gallery of her into emoji and stickers and send them to everyone I know.
Apple introduced Live Stickers in iOS 17 as an evolution of the Tap-and-Lift function of iOS16which allows you to cut out subjects in photos and Live Photos. Now, by saving these cutouts as emoji and stickers of pets, family and friends, you can send endless kindness to others.
Here’s how to turn your photos into emoji and stickers to send in Messages and other apps.
How to Create Dynamic Stickers and Emoji from Images
1. Open your Photos application.
2. Tap the photo you want to turn into an emoji or sticker.
3. Touch and hold the item in the photo you want to turn into an emoji or sticker until the white outline appears.
4. Faucet Add a sticker.
Your iPhone will then add the Live Sticker to your sticker drawer and appear in your emoji keyboard. If you tap on the new sticker you will have the option to Rearrange, Add an effect Or DELETE he. Tapping Add an effect will allow you to add an effect to your sticker, such as a white outline, to make it look even more like a sticker.
The next time you go to Messages, you can use your new sticker as an emoji by tapping the emoji keyboard in the lower left corner of your screen, tapping the folded circle, and tapping the emoji you want to use.
According to Apple, you can use your new Live Sticker anywhere you can access emoji. I tried to use my Live Stickers on the Slack messaging app, but they weren’t showing up in the app. I also couldn’t access my Live Stickers in some third-party apps, like TikTok, so you might encounter issues when using your Live Stickers outside of Apple apps and devices.
For more iOS news, here’s what you need to know iOS 26.4 And iOS 26.3. You can also view our iOS 26 Cheat Sheet for other tips and tricks.
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