What you need to know
- iOS 13.3 beta 1 lets users disable Memoji stickers.
- The update went life for developers yesterday.
- It's likely the feature will remain in iOS 13.3 proper.
The release of iOS 13.3 beta 1 brought with it an unexpected but welcome feature. Users can disable Memoji stickers, meaning they won't appear to the left of the emoji keyboard anymore.
The new setting can be found in Settings > General > Keyboard and is a simple toggle. And with a flick of that toggle those who never want to see Anomoji stickers again, don't have to.
I'm personally a fan of Memoji stickers even though I never actually use Memoji itself. I must confess to wishing they weren't quite so large when added to tweets and such, but maybe we'll be given the option to turn them into normal emoji-sized images in the future.
Apple does have a reputation for removing features between beta releases right now, but I don't think that will be the case here. It's a fairly safe bet that iOS 13.3 will include this toggle when it ships to everyone in a few weeks. Something that I'm sure will be joyous news to Memoji sitcker haters everywhere.
Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.
Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.
