{"id":193777,"date":"2025-04-20T01:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T01:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/this-peculiar-imessage-bug-has-flown-under-the-radar-for-years\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T01:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T01:15:10","slug":"this-peculiar-imessage-bug-has-flown-under-the-radar-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=193777","title":{"rendered":"This peculiar iMessage bug has flown under the radar for years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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For the past couple years, I\u2019ve noticed a weird bug on Apple\u2019s Messages app \u2013 specifically to do with images. I\u2019ve been hoping that Apple would get around to fixing it for the longest time, but they haven\u2019t thus far.<\/p>\n

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Essentially, if you send an AVIF image file on iMessage, it won\u2019t render properly. AVIF is an increasingly popular image format, so it\u2019s a little annoying.<\/p>\n

However, that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg. It\u2019d be one thing if Apple just didn\u2019t support the file format. But, for some bizarre reason, it shows in a small window, with no way of expanding the preview. As a result, you just have a really tiny image on your screen that you cant properly look at.<\/p>\n

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It behaves this way on both iOS and macOS. You can even properly see the AVIF image in the Message send preview, so you\u2019d never suspect anything prior to sending an image.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d be one thing if Apple didn\u2019t support AVIF at all, but they do. Apple implemented support for AVIF image files<\/a> in Safari in iOS 16, over two years ago.<\/p>\n

For whatever reason, they just haven\u2019t gotten around to supporting it in iMessage, even though the AVIF files are visible to users. There\u2019s just no way to properly view them.<\/p>\n

This experience is weird, and I seriously hope Apple gets around to fixing it soon. AVIFs are supported in Safari and Photos, so there\u2019s nothing stopping users from sending them on iMessage. They\u2019ll never render properly, and you end up in a weird situation where you sent an image that isn\u2019t viewable. It\u2019s annoying.<\/p>\n

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