An curved arrow pointing right. Apple just unveiled animated emoji, which they're calling "Animoji." They can be used in the Messenger app and can be used as stickers or sent to a friend as a video.

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It’s fascinating to consider how Animoji could expand beyond iMessage through AvatarKit, or how the same tech that powers the framework could be used for the creation of different system avatars not ...

Animoji and Memoji characters can be selected from the rainbow-star Effects icon that also houses things like filters, stickers, and emoji. Select an Animoji and, just as you would expect, your head ...

A developer is suing Apple for copyright infringement, alleging that Apple stole the "Animoji" name from the developer's app of the same name. SEE ALSO: How dancing emoji hijacked your job — and ...