People are just realizing that the iPhone has a secret keyboard – typing will never be the same once you find it

APPLE has hidden a hidden keyboard in billions of iPhones.

It reveals a really cool secret that you’ve almost certainly missed.

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There’s a secret emoticon keyboard — and no, we don’t mean emoji.

Emoticons predate the emoji we’ve all come to know and love.

They are smileys made up of a variety of characters, including letters, brackets, and commas.

For example, there is the famous shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, anger ಠ_ಠ and happy cat (=^ェ^=).

And there’s a built-in iPhone keyboard packed with a smorgasbord of emoticons.

You can impress and please friends and family via SMS by unblocking them.

The reason you probably missed the hidden feature is because it requires the addition of a Japanese keyboard.

How to Unlock Secret Keyboard on iPhone

Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard.

Then add Japanese keyboards in kana and romaji variants.

When both are ticked, tap Done and return to Keyboards.

You can edit the position of the keyboards in the list if you like.

Now go to an app you would send a message to – Apple’s iMessage service is a good place to start.

Tap the text box to make your keyboard appear.

Then long press on the globe icon on the bottom left and select Japanese keyboard.

When using the kana keyboard, you should tap the ^_^ key on the bottom left to open the emoticon keyboard.

Then tap the down arrow in the top right to see the full list of emoticons.

If you are using the Romaji keyboard, tap the 123 button first.

Then you can follow the same steps for Kana: tap on the ^_^ icon and then press the down arrow on the top right.

You can return to your regular keyboard by pressing the globe icon again and selecting your default option.