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Did you know that you can create a poll
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in iMessage? It's a great way to quickly
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get an answer from the group of where
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you want to eat or what you want to do.
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You can add as many options as you want,
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up to 12. Other people can add their own
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options, and you can even vote for more
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than one thing. It's a great way to
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quickly get a consensus from the group
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as to what you want to do. It's the
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first of many great features and
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messages in iOS 26. Another one is
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backgrounds. Just like how you can set
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the name and picture of a group, you can
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make a custom background. Apple includes
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a few animated ones like sky and water.
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And each of these have a few different
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color options. You can choose from your
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pictures. It has suggestions below or
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you can choose from your photo library
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by tapping photo. Or if you're boring,
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you can tap none. Another great feature
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is group Apple Cash payments. If you
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need to get paid back from picking up
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the tab at a bar or buying tickets, you
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can request Apple Cash payments from
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everyone in the group. Uh request per
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person. If everybody owes you slightly
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different amounts, you can do that, too.
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Just swipe up and tap request without
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amount, and it'll just send a general
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sort of reminder. Also, in iOS 26, if
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you have a multilingual group chat, it's
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easy to translate the conversation. Tap
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and hold, tap translate, then tap
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translate conversation. You'll see an
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inline translation into English, and
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when you type your reply, you'll see a
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translation into their language as well.
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Both when you're composing the message
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and after you've sent it. Finally, if
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you're tired of promotions, junk texts,
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transactions, cluttering up your
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messages feed, you can filter them all
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out. Tap the filter button in the upper
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right, and you can pick from all of
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these different categories. And if you
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just want to get back to your messages,
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you can tap messages right there at the
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top. Those are the great new features in
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messages in iOS 26. I'm D. Griffin Jones
