Why type a long message when you can also sum it all up in a single emoji? Facebook Messenger now lets you send oversized emoji. In this tip, we’ll show you exactly how to do this.
Enlarge Facebook emoji: this is how it works
In WhatsApp you have been able to send larger emoji for a while if you simply choose one and send it without additional text. Facebook Messenger now does a similar thing, albeit nicely merged with another popular chat app feature. For example, you can send a thumb in Messenger for some time, and enlarge it to your own taste by holding down the thumb icon.
At that moment you hear the sound of a balloon being inflated, while the thumb slowly but surely expands. If the thumb becomes too big, the finger will automatically unfold so that you can start over again. From now on you can also do this with emoji.
- Open Facebook Messenger;
- Go to a chat conversation;
- Tap the Aa letters in the menu bar to open the emoji overview;
- Press and hold an emoji to enlarge it;
- Release the doll to send it in the current format.
It is important here that you do not tap the emoji button on your iPhone keyboard, but select the special Facebook emoji. Not a fan of these other emoji? Then you can read in our tip how to disable the Messenger emoji tip again.