A background for a conversation set on an iPhone will be visible in the same thread on an iPad, or on a Mac, for example. Users of older iOS versions will not see the backgrounds at all, as it ...

How to Change a Messages Background The following steps show you how to customize any conversation background in iOS 26: Open Messages on your iPhone, then tap the conversation you want to customize.

In addition to removing conversation, background music will be turned off, as well. "It's funny, when I first opened [EAT], I didn't play music for a while and people had very different reactions ...