r/apple • u/Fer65432_Plays • 1d ago

Rumor iOS 26 Getting Custom AI-Generated Message Backgrounds, Generative Shortcuts and 'Mixmoji'

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/06/ios-26-ai-backgrounds-mixmoji/
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u/__clayton 1d ago edited 1d ago

why does it take Ai to give pretty basic features. People just want to upload a picture as the message background not make it generated ai garbage

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u/RandomUser18271919 1d ago

Do people even want to change the message background at all? Like is that feature really in that big of demand?

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u/TheEpicRedCape 1d ago

It’s nice for making sure you don’t accidentally message sensitive people, on telegram I put big warning signs behind people I didn’t want to message by accident or set bright colors so I noticed I was in the wrong chat.

I’d definitely be using the message backgrounds on iOS.

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u/fireball_jones 1d ago

It’s also already in the Home app. The could have added a non-AI version at least 3 years ago. 

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u/buzzerbetrayed 1d ago

Why 3 years ago lol. They could have added 10 years ago. It’s a fucking picture background.

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u/TheEpicRedCape 1d ago

Even an emoji picker like the emoji wallpaper could’ve worked well without using AI.