How to Turn Your Pet's Pictures Into Emoji on Your iPhone
Published on: 2025-06-12 00:00:03
I love my dog, Cinnamon Toast Crunch. She's brown and white and precious, and I want to show her to the world. And Apple makes that easy with a feature called Live Stickers, which turns photos of her into emojis and stickers I can text to others
Apple introduced Live Stickers in iOS 17 as an evolution of the tap-and-lift feature from iOS 16, which lets you cut out subjects from photos and Live Photos. Now, you can save those cutouts as emojis and stickers. That way, you can turn photos of your pets, family and friends into stickers to send to others in Messages.
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Here's how you can take your pictures and make them into emoji and stickers to send in Messages and other apps.
How to make Live Stickers and emoji from pictures
1. Open your Photos app.
2. Tap the photo you want to turn into an emoji or sticker.
3. Tap and hold the item in the photo you want to turn into an emoji or sticker until you see the white outline.
4. Tap Add
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