iOS 18's New 'Genmoji' Feature Lets You Create Your Own Emoji

One of the new Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 is Genmoji, which allows you to instantly create your own custom emoji.

Genmoji iOS 18
AI-generated emoji can be created with text prompts like "smiley relaxing wearing cucumbers" or "t-rex wearing a tutu on a surfboard."

Just like emoji, Apple says Genmoji can be added to messages, shared as a sticker, or used as a Tapback reaction in the Messages app.

iOS 18 Genmoji
Apple Intelligence features are not included in the first beta of iOS 18, and instead will become available for testing over the U.S. summer.

iOS 18 should be publicly released in September.

Related Roundups: iOS 18, iPadOS 18, WWDC 2025

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Top Rated Comments

enjoi52 Avatar
10 months ago
Mark my words, Genmoji may be one of the most impactful features to in terms of getting consumers comfortable with AI.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
garotemonkey Avatar
10 months ago
I believe the Braindead Monkeys put it best about a year and a half ago, in "You're Not Helping ('http://bdmonkeys.net/alac/BDM-Meta_Meat-17-Youre_Not_Helping.m4a')".
"Do you really NEED a smiley face eating a pickle while wearing a sombrero?"
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
10 months ago
One of the new Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 is Genmoji, which allows you to instantly create your own custom emoji.

The emoji can be created with text prompts like "t-rex wearing a tutu on a surfboard."
That's the power of Apple Intelligence.

Will this put Apple's emoji creators out of a job?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Supercyborgninja Avatar
10 months ago
Tbh the Image Playground & this seem really Un-Applelike.

But more than anything, the lack of demo hearing Siri is worrying to me.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dulcimer Avatar
10 months ago
Genuinely impressed by this. The fact that they can be sent inline with message makes adding new Unicode emoji kinda useless haha.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ghost31 Avatar
10 months ago
People take things too seriously. This looks fun as hell to play with and i know me and my wife are gonna enjoy playing with it
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)