
If you’ve got an iPhone, your messaging is about to become far more visual.
At Apple’s event on Wednesday, when it’s expected to tout new iPhones, a new Apple Watch and a refresh of the Macintosh computer line, the company is also expected to push a big text-message feature for the new phone and others.
With the iOS 10 mobile operating system update, you’ll be able to use more than just emojis to help your texts stand out.
Apple, in what the company has billed as its biggest update for iMessages to date, is looking to emulate Snapchat and Asia’s WeChat by bringing stickers, funny faces, animated balloons and more to the native iPhone text-message platform.

As it’s doing with the Siri digital personal assistant, it has opened up iMessages to app developers.The company has added an app-like “store” to bring third-party apps into the programme.