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If you can think of something more important than adding little cartoon icons to your text messages, I'd sure like to hear it._ by [Madeleine Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/madeleine-fitzpatrick/) ## Madeleine Fitzpatrick Jul 17, 2014 6:13 PM UTC by [Madeleine Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/madeleine-fitzpatrick/) ## Madeleine Fitzpatrick Jul 17, 2014 6:13 PM UTC (Note: most [emoji](http://time.com/3000978/the-emojis-strange-power/) definitions sourced from [Emojipedia](http://emojipedia.org/).) ## Transcript Today I am going to show you how to install a emoji keyboard on your iPhone so that when you are texting with someone you can add little cartoon icons of smiley faces and cats and other assorted merriment. Clearly this will be my most important 30 second tech trick video ever. You are going to go into settings and general, keyboard, keyboards, add new keyboard emoji, that's it. Now when you go to send someone a text message, this little globe icon on your keyboard, hit that. 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