7 Easy Steps to Use Emoji in FB Messenger on Android

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An easy-to-follow guide to sending emoji over Facebook Messenger on an Android

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1 Open the Messenger app on your Android.

2 Tap on the Messenger Home button.

3 Select a conversation.

4 Tap on the emoji button next to the message text field.

5 Select a category.

6 Select an emoji.

7 Send your message.

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Last Updated: April 27, 2023 Tested

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This wikiHow teaches you how to use emoji in a chat conversation using Facebook’s Messenger app on Android.

Things You Should Know

• Open the conversation in Facebook Messenger, then tap the emoji button.
• Tap an emoji to send.
• Tap the airplane icon to send your message.

Steps

1

Open the Messenger app on your Android.

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1. The Messenger icon looks like a blue speech balloon in a white box. You'll find it on your home screen or in your app drawer.
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2

Tap on the Messenger Home button.

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1. Tap the house icon at the lower-left corner of the screen. If you're already on this tab, there's no need to tap the icon.

3

Select a conversation.

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1. Your Home screen will list all of your recent conversations. Tapping will open the chat in full screen.

   • Alternatively, you can start a new chat by tapping the New Message button. It looks like a white speech balloon inside a blue circle in the lower-right corner of your Home screen.
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Tap on the emoji button next to the message text field.

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1. This button looks like four smiley emojis in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will bring up a list of your recently used emojis.

   • Alternatively, you can open up a list of emojis from your device's keyboard. On a Google keyboard (Gboard), tap and hold the smiley icon to the left of the space bar, then slide your finger to the smiley face icon. On a Samsung keyboard, tap the symbol button in the lower-left corner of your keyboard, then tap the smiley face. On Swiftkey, tap the smiley face icon in the lower-right corner of your screen. Most other keyboards will have the same button configuration as one of these three keyboards above

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Select a category.

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1. Tap on an emoji category. You'll see the categories at the top of your recently used emojis.

   • You can also swipe left and right to switch between nature emojis, food emojis, sports emojis, and more categories.
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6

Select an emoji.

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1. Tap on the emoji you want to send. This will copy the emoji icon into the message text field above.

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Send your message.

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1. Tap the paper airplane icon at the bottom-right. It will send your message and/or emoji to the chat conversation above.
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Warnings

• Emoji from your keyboard will still appear as any Messenger emoji when you send them in a chat.
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