Secret iPhone texting tricks let you swap ‘invisible’ messages and even schedule ‘sends’ for later

YOUR iPhone has concealed texting tricks hiding wrong the Messages app.

If you're a serial texter, you'll privation to cognize however to bash 3 of our favourite iPhone iMessage hacks.

IPHONE TEXTING TRICK #1 – INVISIBLE TEXTS

First up is the quality to nonstop messages successful Invisible Ink.

This means that the connection is concealed until you pat oregon hitch connected it.

So it's large if you're sending and receiving delicate texts successful nationalist – arsenic your speech won't beryllium disposable but for what you're presently reading.

But it's besides useful successful radical chats if you're discussing movie oregon TV spoilers. Only radical who privation to uncover the substance tin bash so.

To nonstop a connection with Invisible Ink, spell into Messages and unfastened a chat, past benignant retired thing successful the bar.

Now alternatively of hitting send, clasp down connected the nonstop fastener with 1 finger.

This should uncover a hidden paper with 2 tabs astatine the top.

Make definite that you're connected the Bubble tab, and past prime Invisible Ink from the menu.

Once you've done that, deed nonstop and your invisible substance volition delivered.

IPHONE TEXTING TRICK #2 – SCHEDULE TEXTS

Next up is simply a useful instrumentality for docket texts.

Apple explains: "If it’s excessively precocious astatine nighttime oregon excessively important to forget, you tin docket a connection to beryllium sent astatine a aboriginal time."

To docket texts, you'll request to marque definite that your iPhone is moving iOS 18 oregon later.

Just spell to Settings > General > Software Update to check.

It doesn't substance whether your recipient has iOS 18 oregon not.

Go to Messages, past pat connected the positive icon and deed Send Later.

Then pat the clip to take erstwhile you privation your substance to deliver.

The borderline of the chat barroom volition go a dashed enactment that signals you're sending a scheduled message.

Type retired what you privation to say, past deed the bluish arrow to nonstop it.

The connection volition nonstop adjacent if you're offline erstwhile it's clip for the substance to deliver.

Apple explains: "Scheduled messages are encrypted and stored connected Apple servers lone until they’re sent.

"When a connection is sent, it’s removed from Apple servers, the balloon becomes a coagulated color, and its dashed enactment disappears."

You tin alteration the clip of a scheduled connection astatine immoderate time.

And you tin besides halt a scheduled connection from being sent if you prefer.

IPHONE TEXTING TRICK #3 – CODE WORDS

There are immoderate phrases that you tin nonstop via iMessage to trigger peculiar effects.

These concealed code-words are built into iOS arsenic standard, truthful you don't request to download thing to marque them work.

Try sending immoderate of the pursuing arsenic messages:

• Pew Pew
• Happy Birthday
• Congratulations
• Happy Chinese New Year
• Selamat

They'll each trigger a peculiar effect that the recipient volition spot erstwhile they unfastened the message.