In Messages, remove text effects from recommended words. It’s overriding emojis.


In the past I used to type out what an emoji represents and replace it without having to search for it. It was a great feature. But now if there is a text effect, it takes the place of where the emoji would be. Why would I want to make the word nod “nod”?!?! I can get the emoji if i hit space but then the emoji just shows up next to the word instead of replacing it. Turning off text animations in settings > accessibility doesn’t fix the problem bc I do want to see text effects, i just don’t want it in my recommended!!! y’all had a good thing going, why mess it up?! do you even know how your users use your product? Discord has a system to know when you want to type emojis with the : demarcations, if you’re going to do stuff like this we need a dedicated way to access emojis while typing.

Posted on Nov 29, 2025 7:57 AM

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Posted on Dec 8, 2025 1:29 AM

Apple’s new Text Effects now override emoji replacements in the predictive bar. There’s no setting to turn off just the Text Effect suggestions. The best current fixes are: manually choosing the emoji from suggestions, using the space→delete method, creating text replacement shortcuts (the most reliable fix), hiding the predictive bar temporarily, or disabling predictions entirely.


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Dec 8, 2025 1:29 AM in response to tuning_fork

Apple’s new Text Effects now override emoji replacements in the predictive bar. There’s no setting to turn off just the Text Effect suggestions. The best current fixes are: manually choosing the emoji from suggestions, using the space→delete method, creating text replacement shortcuts (the most reliable fix), hiding the predictive bar temporarily, or disabling predictions entirely.


In Messages, remove text effects from recommended words. It’s overriding emojis.

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