Do you know you can animate your text messages in the Messages app? Learn here how to bring your texts to life with this guide.

Your music file should now be ready to be used as a text message notification option. The next step should be to go under Settings menu and select the music file as the text message notification.

Here's how to add a text effect in the Messages app in iOS 18: Select the text, emoji, or sticker that you want to add an effect to with a double tap.