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Pick your own quick reactions on iPhone and Android

Choose the emoji on your reaction bar on iPhone and Android. iPhone also gets a row of recent emoji.
Pick your own quick reactions on iPhone and Android
August 30, 2026 • By the Trillian Team

The emoji on your quick reaction bar are now yours to choose, on iPhone and Android alike. It reached both phones in updates over the last few days, each with a few extras.

Your reactions, your picks Pro

The gear and recents
Pick your quick reactions

Tap the gear to choose which emoji sit on your reaction bar. On iPhone, it's in the reaction picker, next to a new row of the emoji you've used lately.

The gear on Android

On Android, tap the add-a-reaction button at the end of the bar, and the gear is beside Search emoji. Picking an emoji there closes the sheet and adds it to your bar.

On iPhone, taking a reaction back now plays a pop.

Elsewhere in these updates

Android picked up a few smaller changes. Long-press a message that's partly hidden and it slides fully into view, sending a photo while you're scrolled up takes you to the bottom of the chat, and videos show up in the chat sooner after you send them.

On iPhone, the update fixes two things: a picture dropped mid-sentence no longer eats the words after it, and small HEIC photos from the camera roll go out as JPEG again.

Get the update

Both updates are out now, so go decide which emoji earn a spot on your bar.