What is picture messaging on iphone?

[Zoe]

I heard about picture messaging on iPhone but don’t fully understand it. Can someone explain what it is and how it works?

 

[David Thompson]

I'm glad this topic is being discussed, I've had a few friends mention picture messaging, but I'm not really sure what it is, so thanks for sharing the details, it turns out it's just another way to refer to MMS, which can be used to send multimedia content like images and videos, it's not a new feature, but it's good to know the terminology used by others when discussing it, thanks for clarifying the difference between SMS and MMS on iPhone.

 

[Helena]

Picture messaging on an iPhone refers to sending photos or multimedia content through messages. It usually happens via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) or iMessage. With iMessage (Apple’s internet-based messaging), you can send high-quality images over Wi-Fi or mobile data, while MMS is used when sending pictures to non-Apple devices and may reduce image quality.