How can I change the default hand emoji color?

LoveHateMacUser wrote:

If Apple Support is reading this, please care.

They are not. You can let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

But rest assured, your identity is not determined or affected by a cartoon hand.

I am only doing a few a day - I imposed a 90% tariff on my international time.😊

Tap back emojis (the ones after the preprogrammed funny looking ones) will remember your last used emoji for a short while, then it will forget your skin color and switch to default color, then it will clear all recently used emojis and revert back to system default emojis.

What I found was it would remember the skin color until I force closed the app by swiping up, then returning back to the app right away it remembered the emoji but not the tone, then a short while later it forgot everything, like I have already stated.

So in conclusion, don’t expect it to remember your recently used emojis, because it simply wasn’t programmed to do that. It’s not the same as the emoji keyboard which does remember skin tones.

The emojis you recently used stay on page 1 of the emoji page. While there they retain chosen skin color. Once they drop off the page, they forget.

Complain here https://apple.com/feedback

If only the forum displayed large images first time and they got rid of the Show More bug on small screen iphones I might have answered the correct question.

Hello~ You answered fine as always. I figured that was what was still going on for you. I am just glad to be in a thread with you again…yes I am!! :-)

~Katana-San~

Katana-San wrote:

Hello~ The image you posted above is Tapback in Messages and this has nothing to do with your emoji selection.

Correct, the Tapback icons all use predefined colors. That is different than the emojis that will show in your Recently Used section.

LD150 wrote:

If only the forum displayed large images first time and they got rid of the Show More bug on small screen iphones I might have answered the correct question.

Yeah it’s also an issue for me…

Hello~ Are you updated to latest version of iOS? Have you force restarted your iPhone?

~Katana-San~

LD150 wrote:

I am only doing a few a day - I imposed a 90% tariff on my international time.😊

Thanks for the early morning laugh! 🤣

Hello~ I see what they’re saying now. When I scroll to the to the end of Tapback line…my recent emoji use doesn’t even show up there but other emoji’s do instead. Sorry to have done an edit as well.

~Katana-San~

Hello~ Also see below…

React with Tapbacks in Messages on iPhone - Apple Support

I don’t believe you can change the hand color on Tapbacks. I am looking at this more closely though.

~Katana-San~