Apple iOS 15 tips and tricks: How to mention people in a conversation in the Messages app on iPhone

The Messages app allows you to send text messages as SMS and MMS messages through your cellular service to your contacts. It helps you to send photos, videos, and audio messages to groups of people, and also allows you to reply to specific messages inline, and mention people in a group or individual conversation to improve clarity and help keep the conversation organized. In this article, we will tell you how you can mention people in a conversation in the Messages app on your iPhone.

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You can mention other people in a conversation to call their attention to a specific message. Depending on their settings, this can notify them even if they have muted the conversation.

What is the Message app?

The Message app is an instant messaging service developed by Apple Inc. to send text messages over cellular service to people available on your contact list. You can send photos, videos, and other info to your contacts. You can also personalize your messages with animated effects, Memoji stickers, iMessage apps, and more.

How to mention people in a conversation:

Step 1: Open Messages, then open a conversation, begin typing a contact’s name in the text field.

Step 2: Then tap the contact’s name when it appears.

• You can also mention a contact in Messages by typing @ followed by the contact’s name.
• To change your notification settings for when you’re mentioned in Messages:
  • go to Settings.
  • Then tap Messages.
  • Then turn on Notify Me.