Liking or reacting to a message is an easy way to acknowledge a text. Thankfully, it is also very straightforward to like text messages on your favorite budget Android phone.

You can "like" a text on your iPhone, along with a variety of other reactions, by tapping and holding it. Here's a guide to the Tapback feature.

Let your friends know how you really feel by reacting to their iMessages with emojis.

Today, Google announced more features coming to its Messages app, including the ability to react to a text with any emoji. As you’d expect, this iMessage-like feature won’t be available to ...

But with iOS 18, you can be more expressive and communicative by using use any emoji or sticker on your iPhone to react to messages -- including the latest emoji in iOS 18.4.

WhatsApp introduced emoji reactions in December 2024, which allows users to react to a text using emojis. However, this is apparently not enough. The Meta-owned messaging platform is now working ...

Encrypted messaging app Telegram has started rolling out its latest update for its iPhone as well as iPad app with several new features, including message reactions, translation, hidden text and ...

Google Messages introduces 'double tap to react' feature that makes responding a lot faster Instead of searching for a thumbs-up message to approve a text, you'll soon be able to double tap your ...

Another big addition is the ability to react to SMS texts from iPhone users with emojis, so you can like, heart, and question messages to your heart’s content.