Why am I writing this 18 months after this feature debuted? There is one area, though, where people seem to love Tapbacks: Fast-paced group threads. You can use iMessage on a plane; however, you will have to use the planes Wi-Fi network instead of your cellular data. Another issue Ive noticed with reactions is their ability to completely halt a conversation. The triple and quadruple and infinity exclamation points convey their own sense of emotion. I have to assume PR people who fill their messages of "reaching out" with exclamation points aren't ecstatic about sending an email they know the recipient probably won't answer. While a text has a little tail on one side like a cartoon dialogue bubble, indicating that it is speech, reactions are trailed by a distinct small circle, giving the impression that the response it contains is being not said but thought. Like all facets of texting, these character expressions may seem simple to the untrained eye. Instead of replying to a text message, a reaction allows you to add a heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, laugh, exclamation point or question mark directly to a text someone sends you. Some time it got disabled by system if not updated. To impress your friends, you can use this creative style in messengers and the web. If you're texting your best friend, for example, one Tapback probably won't matter to you at all. T. This does come with challenges like the annoying converted "loved an image" text everyone gets when one person in the chat has an Android but it's also the one place where the message is distinctly, "I can't respond to this in the regular way, but I want you to know I saw it.". But why have this feature at all if at best it functions so similarly to a text?) Read our Terms of Service here. Change Consent. When the message is sent, the exclamation mark and the Not Delivered text will disappear, and you will now see the text Delivered under your message. = 1 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 9 = 945. If you saved their contact incorrectly on your phone or have not switched from their iChat account to their Apple account without turning off the former first, their email might come up. You will receive a verification email shortly. Here are the rules: Put the exclamation point inside the closing quotation marks if it applies to the words enclosed by the quotation marks.