Animoji is a really fun feature in iMessage on newer iPhones, but you can also send Animoji to friends and family that don’t have iMessage—or don’t even have an iPhone for that matter.
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When you send an Animoji to another iPhone user, it’s optimized to show up as an animated GIF of sorts, complete with audio. However, it’s really nothing more than a video, so you can send Animoji to anyone, whether they use an iPhone or an Android device.
Even better, there’s nothing different that you have to do on your end to send an Animoji to someone who doesn’t use iMessage or have an iPhone. The only difference you’ll notice is that text messages show green instead of blue.
So what does it look like on their end? Android users who receive an Animoji will get it as a typical video through their text messaging app.
The user can then tap on it to expand the video to full the screen and play it.
