Final yr, iOS 16 gave us the flexibility to chop topics out of our images. It was enjoyable! Nevertheless it wasn’t completely clear what it’s best to do with them. That modifications in iOS 17, which remains to be in public beta in the intervening time. You possibly can obtain it now or wait till the complete launch this fall, however in both case, you’ll discover one wonderful manner to make use of your picture cutouts: flip them into stickers.

I do know. I used to be skeptical, too. However you must belief me on this: stickers in iOS 17 are effectively value your time, significantly in iMessage. You’re going to thrill and impress your whole mates once you flip a grumpy image of your cat right into a tapback response, and everybody will wish to understand how you probably did it. You possibly can inform ‘em we informed you, or simply maintain it to your self and take all of the credit score like some sort of Apple Genius Bar genius. No judgment.

Right here’s the best way to do it. (I adopted these steps on an iPhone 13 Mini working the iOS 17 developer beta.)

You possibly can retrieve your stickers anytime utilizing Apple’s iOS keyboard. Simply faucet the smiley icon the place you entry emoji and scroll all the best way to the left of the Often Used panel. There, you’ll discover any stickers you’ve used not too long ago, in addition to a shortcut to entry your whole stickers. Simply faucet the sticker you wish to use — however remember that, outdoors of iMessage, they’ll simply seem as PNG photos. One of the best ways to make use of them is within the walled backyard of Apple’s messaging app: