Messages app freezes after updating my iPhone to latest iOS 16.4.1

my imessage is freeze when i open the group message after i send photos. i also cant type any words in keyboard, it is so frustating even i already restart the phone still the same

My IPhone 13 message function is frozen since I downloaded the latest IOS update last week.

I have two phone 13 mini's , one for work and one for personal. I had this issue on my work phone after the upgrade. I played with several configuration settings around the messages. the one that seems to work in my case was under my appleid -> Icloud -> Messages . I enabled the synch to icloud and then after, I think I set it back to disabled. That seemed to resolve the freezing for me, so far. let me know if this works for anyone else. good luck.

Ditto. Not mine but on my wife’s, it’s freezing up for only a single group message. All others work fine but this one group every time she opens it, freeze. Can’t even delete the group either, holding down on it freezes too.

Messages freezing on iPhone

Same problem and no resolution after days of troubleshoot and a long wait at the Apple Store.

Similar issue here, but worse. iMessage, phone and multiple apps are frozen. Apple Watch not pairing / syncing workouts. Cannot restart phone with side buttons. Need to restart with with “settings: General: Shut down". Restarting fixes the issue temporarily. At first, I thought it was related to my Apple Watch as it only started when I came home from work (I don’t wear it at work) but it has persisted today even with watch off.

Same issue here with the phone and text apps and then the phone not syncing with the watch. While it's happening, I'm not receiving calls or text messages.

I ended up factory resetting the phone. So far it has been working.

I’m having the same issue!! Did you get a response or figure out how to fix the problem??

iPhone 15 Pro Max iMessage keeps freezing and I have to force restart the phone for it to work once. Closing out the app does nothing. Can’t receive messages even dough I see the notification of a new message. The whole screen freezes when I open messages. Has anyone found a fix for this?