As is well known, you can use emojis never having enough: The Unicode Consortium regularly adds new symbols to the collection, which Apple and other operating system developers can integrate. Recently, the trend has also been towards AI-generated emoji: Various web services Allow creation. Now Apple wants to get involved too: with iOS 18, macOS 15 & Co. should have a separate AI image generator just for emojis. It is now known how deeply it should be integrated into the respective operating systems.
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If nothing works, RTF works
Like its other AI tools, Will gradually appear from autumn as part of Apple Intelligence Creating photorealistic graphics will not be possible. Instead, Zenmoji rely on combining existing emojis with new components. Integration is possible in any app like Apple’s As part of a developer meeting Announced at WWDC last week. The API is used for NSAdaptiveImageGlyph Introduced.
Genmojis should work on all Apple platforms as long as they have a current operating system. However, on older versions, an image description should be displayed. In addition to inserting them directly into text, you can also use Genmojis as stickers and memojis in the Messages app (and elsewhere). According to Apple, Genmojis are based on the corresponding text height and text format. The AI ​​emojis can also be copied into a Rich Text Document (RTF) and shared.
It is not possible to try it out right now
Despite their announcement last week, Zenmojis have yet to be tested. Apple has published the iOS 18 beta (and other operating systems) for developers, but has not yet activated its AI features. This should happen in the coming weeks, possibly initially soon after Closing of the waiting list. This is because Apple itself is still in the process of building up substantial capacity.
Podcast transcript: Why it took Apple almost six years to do thisApple describes Zenmojis as a way for users to better express themselves. “By simply entering a description, their Zenmoji will appear with additional options. Users can also create Zenmojis of friends and family based on their photos. Like emojis, Zenmojis can be inserted into messages or shared as stickers or reactions in Tapbacks.”, The company writes,
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