i can’t see profile pictures on imessages?!

so i was wanting to text someone and i opened messages and i couldn’t see their profile picture i put for the it was just white. so i reset my phone just to make sure it wasn’t a glitch and it was not. i asked everyone i knew and they didn’t know either. can someone please help me because now i get confused about contacts.

iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 11, 2025 11:41 AM

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Jan 11, 2025 02:07 PM in response to its_someone101

i also realized that unless i check my messages, i don’t get the notification that someone sent me a message. i’m not sure if this is a glitch or something.

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