Some iPhones can use Apple Intelligence to create fun, custom emoji, and the iOS 26 beta adds an upgrade to the feature.

Genmoji, the latest addition to Apple's Apple Intelligence suite, uses artificial intelligence to generate customized emoji based on text descriptions.

To create Genmoji, you’ll need an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max, or a new iPhone 16 with iOS 18.2; or an iPad with an A17 Pro or M-series processor with iPadOS 18.2.

How to create a customized emoji with Apple Intelligence To use Genmoji, first make sure Apple Intelligence is enabled.

Genmoji are now available to iPhone users in iOS 18.2, making your emoji options virtually limitless thanks to Apple Intelligence.