iOS 27 Adds New Drawing Tool to Your iPhone's Messages App

All the New Features Coming to Messages in iOS 27

Apple is adding a number of new features for Messages in iOS 27, including contextual one-tap suggestions, a new Drawing app, and reduced notifications.

iOS 27 Adds New Drawing Tool to Your iPhone's Messages App

The upcoming iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate updates expand drawing tools to more of Apple's built-in apps across the iPhone and Mac. In the Messages app on iOS 27, there is a new "Drawing" option in the app drawer, which can be opened by tapping the plus sign in the bottom-left corner. On older iOS versions, the Messages app once had a very basic drawing tool that was accessible by tapping a button on the keyboard in landscape orientation, but …

iOS 27 Brings New Drawing Tool to Messages

The upcoming iOS 27 update is officially expanding Apple's built-in Markup drawing tool to the Messages app across the iPhone and iPad.

iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate Expand Drawing Tools to Three Apps

The upcoming iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate updates expand drawing tools to more of Apple's built-in apps across the iPhone and Mac. In the Messages app on iOS 27, there is a new "Drawing" option in the app drawer, which can be opened by tapping the plus sign in the bottom-left corner. On older iOS versions, the Messages app once had a very basic drawing tool that was accessible by tapping a button on the keyboard in landscape orientation, but …

How to use the new Drawing tool in iOS 27 Messages app

Learn how to use the new Drawing tool to handwrite or draw something personal and send it to friends and family from your iPhone and iPad.