Make a photo of your favorite pet a cute iPhone emoji that you can share anywhere

Pet owners often jump at the opportunity to show off photos of their favorite furry or feathered friends, but searching for the right photo when I’m texting someone can be annoying. Sometimes I just want to respond with a quizzical turn of the head or a look of unabashed joy as easily as sending a smiley face emoji.

Case in point: my cinnamon toasted dog. She’s brown and white and loves to hike, and I take every opportunity to show her to the world. And with live stickers iPhone The feature is, I can turn her photos into emojis and stickers and then send them to everyone I know.

Apple introduced live stickers in iOS 17 As an evolution of the click and upload feature iOS 16which lets you crop subjects from photos and live photos. Now, by saving those scraps as emojis and stickers for your pets, family and friends, you can send endless cuteness to others.

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Here’s how to turn your photos into emojis and stickers to send in messages and other apps.

How to make live stickers and emojis from photos

1. Open your photo program.
2. Click on the image you want to turn into an emoji or sticker.
3. Press and hold the item in the photo that you want to turn into an emoji or sticker until you see the white outline.
4. handle Add sticker.

Your iPhone will then add the live sticker to your sticker drawer and it will appear in your emoji keyboard. If you click on the new sticker, you will get the necessary options for it Reorder, Add effect or Wipe He – she. Eavesdropping Add effect It will allow you to add an effect to your poster, such as a white outline, to make it look more like a poster.

The next time you go to Messages, you can use the new sticker as an emoji by tapping the emoji keyboard in the bottom-right corner of your screen, then tapping the collapsed circle and tapping the emoji you want to use.

According to Apple, you can use your new Live sticker anywhere you have access to emojis. I tried using my live stickers on the messaging app Slack, but they didn’t appear in the app. I also haven’t been able to access my Live Stickers in some third-party apps, like TikTok, so you may encounter some issues when using your Live Stickers outside of Apple apps and devices.

For more iOS news, here My review of iOS 26How to enable Calls and text Scan in the operating system and all New ringtones On your iPhone. You can also check our website iOS 26 cheat sheet