AddedPhotos in the message -- add one from your library, crop it for the screen, and it plays full-screen where you put it. Tap the thumbnail to recrop; the original is never changed.
AddedStickers, Memoji, and Genmoji from the emoji keyboard go straight into the message and play like a large emoji.
AddedEmphasis effects for marked words -- Wave, Shake, Bounce, and Glow, on top of Inverse Colors. Combine any of them. They keep time with the words-per-minute setting and respect Reduce Motion.
AddedWord transitions -- Fade, Scale, Blur, or Push between words.
AddedPause and scrub -- tap to pause or resume, swipe to step through the message a word at a time.
AddedRepeat Message plays the message again and again until the device is turned upright.
AddedHold Single Word Messages keeps a one-word message on screen in landscape instead of ending the message.
AddedShare Video exports the message as an MP4, with a progress indicator while it renders.
AddedFull Brightness While Playing, and the screen never sleeps during a message.
AddedAdd Photo and Done buttons above the keyboard.
AddedOccasional news from the developer, shown once at launch and readable any time from About.
ChangedPause After Punctuation holds the word longer instead of showing it twice, so transitions and effects look right. Photos get the same longer hold.
ChangedAn emphasized word keeps its trailing punctuation.
ChangedMessage history and the draft moved from user defaults to a local database, so photos can be kept with each message. Existing history is imported.
ChangedLandscape playback hides the status bar and the home indicator.
ChangedRequires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26.
FixedDigits are no longer split out as emoji.
FixedThe end-of-message text is kept when it is split into words.
FixedTapping a message in history reorders the list.
FixedBlank frames between words, an inverted progress bar, and a timer that kept running after the message ended.
FixedHaptics no longer fire once per row when a picker changes.
