Memoji

Genmoji will allow custom AI-created emojis in iOS 18, and might resurrect Memoji

The Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18 merge with Messages to make Genmoji, the system Apple uses to create new emojis from simple text prompts.

David Schloss | 6 months ago

How to set an animated Memoji on your Lock Screen in macOS Ventura

When choosing your profile picture that is displayed on your Mac's Lock Screen, you can choose to have an animated Memoji as one. Here is how to set it up.

Nathaniel Pangaro | 1 year ago

How to use Memoji on your iPhone

Learn how to customize and send Memoji, Memoji stickers, and even use your Memoji as a mascot-style head for videos.

Amber Neely | 2 years ago

Apple VR could offer Memoji FaceTime, SharePlay experiences

The Apple VR and AR headset could take advantage of Memojis to provide a great FaceTime experience, a report offers, with SharePlay providing a communal experience in a digital world.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

Court rules 'Memoji' trademark holder created app just to sue Apple

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Social Tech, creator of the "Memoji" app, had created it solely to bolster its ongoing case against Apple.

Amber Neely | 3 years ago

Apple updates Executive Profiles with Memoji images

Hours ahead of the WWDC 2021 keynote, Apple has updated all of the photographs on its Executive Profiles webpage to show Memoji representations of the senior staff.

Malcolm Owen | 3 years ago

Company that sued Apple over 'Memoji' appeals lower court decision

A company that sued Apple over allegedly infringing its "Memoji" trademark has appealed a district court decision that sided with the Cupertino tech giant.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Apple looks to the future of video conferencing with Memoji avatars

Instead of every meeting attendee staring at a flat Zoom screen, Apple is looking to the future of video conferencing with Memoji-style avatars arranged in augmented reality around each meeting attendee.

William Gallagher | 4 years ago

Future Memoji could be created automatically from user's photos

An iPhone may automatically generate Memoji for a user in the future, by analyzing a photograph of the user's face to determine the closest combination of facial features to produce a digital avatar with a similar likeness, without the user needing to make any major choices.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

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Apple accused of trademark abuse in new 'Memoji' lawsuit

Apple's legal troubles relating to the 'Memoji' trademark have worsened, with Social Technologies filing a second lawsuit accusing Apple of improper use of the term that it owns, including allegations Apple claimed to be the owner of the Memoji trademark in June.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

Apple creates Memoji tribute to US Women's World Cup victory

Apple celebrates the U.S. women's national soccer team with a USA-themed Memoji tribute on its homepage.

Amber Neely | 5 years ago

Even Xiaomi staff can't distinguish its clone of Apple's Memoji

After Xiaomi protesting that of course its 'Mimoji' is nothing like Apple's practically identical 'Memoji,' the company has accidentally used Apple's adverts for its own promotion.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Xiaomi CC9's 'Mimoji' heavily borrows from Apple's 'Memoji'

Apple's Memoji concept has been 'borrowed' by another smartphone vendor, but Xiaomi's take on it is a seemingly direct copy of the iPhone's personalized 3D avatar feature, complete with the extremely similar name 'Mimoji.'

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

Hands on with Apple's new Memoji stickers in iOS 13

In iOS 13, users will be able to customize their own personal Memoji for use in an updated Memoji sticker pack that can be sent to nearly everybody with an iPhone. We took a look at the iOS 13 beta to see what updates we can look forward to when it releases.

Amber Neely | 5 years ago

iOS 13 brings additional customization to Memoji, Memoji stickers

Apple's Memoji gets additional customization features in iOS 13, including braces, earrings, makeup, glasses and even AirPods, and now all users with an A9 chip will be able to create Memoji stickers.

Amber Neely | 5 years ago

Apple takes memoji-themed Apple Music ads to YouTube ahead of Grammy Awards

Expanding beyond a recent billboard campaign, Apple on Friday released a trio of Apple Music ads ahead of this Sunday's Grammy Awards, themed around the memoji feature on the latest iPhones.

Roger Fingas | 5 years ago

Future version of Animoji might add voice, sound effects based on user expressions

Apple's Animoji may provide more ways to interact with the face-tracking animated characters, by playing appropriate sound effects for each avatar triggered when users either make specific expressions or say certain words during a recording session.

Malcolm Owen | 6 years ago

Apple accused of unsavory business practices in 'Memoji' trademark lawsuit

A lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges Apple snaked the Memoji trademark from an Android app of the same name through a series of questionable behind-the-scenes moves, one of which allegedly involved the creation of a single-purpose LLC.

Mikey Campbell | 6 years ago

Code in iOS 12.1 beta hints at Memoji syncing over iCloud, references 'iPad2018Fall'

Lines of code unearthed in Apple's first iOS 12.1 beta, released earlier on Tuesday, suggest a future version of the operating system will support syncing of Memoji characters over iCloud, a feature that points to potential integration with a rumored iPad Pro with TrueDepth camera array. Further spelunking reveals references to an "iPad2018Fall," hinting that the device could launch soon.

Mikey Campbell | 6 years ago

Apple's iPhone X nears perfection with iOS 12

When the iPhone X launched, it was such a drastic redesign it was great, but still similar to a first-generation product with a host of little frustrations that needed to be worked out over time. With iOS 12, Apple has done just that, finally making the iPhone X what it was meant to be.