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How to create a RealMoji

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Lost for words on how to react to your friend’s latestBeReal? Try sending a RealMoji instead. Here’s how to create one in just a few taps.

For those out of the loop, BeReal is a social network that encourages you to share a spontaneous photo of whatever you’re up to with your friends at a randomly set time every day. The idea behind the app is to encourage you to “be real” with your followers instead of curating your feed the way you would on Instagram or Facebook.

BeReal also allows you to create custom emojis to react to your friends’ posts called RealMojis. Keep reading to learn how to make and save your own RealMojis or scroll down for tips on how to create temporary reactions.

What you’ll need:

What you’ll need:

The Short Version

How to create a RealMoji

Step1

Open BeReal

yoWe’ll be using screenshots from the iOS app, but you can also do this on Android.

Step2

Find the post you want to react to

This can be any BeReal that isn’t your own.

Step3

Tap the smiley face icon in the bottom right corner

Or double-click on the post.

Step4

Choose an emoji to recreate

You can choose from the thumbs up, smiley face, shocked face, heart eyes and crying laughing emojis. There’s also the lightning bolt for custom reactions that won’t save to your account.

Step5

Tap the white circle

This will snap a photo.

Step6

Hit continue

This will save your RealMoji.

Step7

Tap your new RealMoji

This will post it under your friend’s BeReal.

Troubleshooting

If you want to delete a RealMoji, simply tap the smiley face icon and press and hold on any RealMoji and hit the X to delete it.

If you want to react to a BeReal but don’t want to replace any of your usual RealMojis, you can hit the lightning icon to create a temporary RealMoji. Then, just follow steps 5 to 7 to send your RealMoji.

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