Apple wants more people to use Genmoji, by creating suggestions based on phrases that you type into the iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 keyboard, and what you’ve got stored in Photos.
Users of Messages will be familiar with the occasional appearance of emoji as a suggestion when typing on the software keyboard. For iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, they may get a lot more options to include Genmoji.
The underwhelming Apple Intelligence feature hasn’t really caught on with consumers since its introduction in 2024, despite executive claims it has. However, with some changes coming to Genmoji in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, Bloomberg’s “Power On” newsletter says that users will be prodded to use it more.
A small change in iOS 27 will be Suggested Genmoji. Much like the existing emoji suggestions when typing, users will also see Genmoji produced using commonly-typed phrases, mashed up with your Photos.
While promoting Genmoji by serving up ready-to-use options to users will help the feature become more popular, not everyone will need to deal with it. A toggle will be available to disable the feature, hiding the new graphics from view.
Another update
The inbound improvements to Genmoji join a number of others that Apple has already made to the feature.
In iOS 26, users were able to create custom expressions, using prompts like “Smiling,” “Shocked,” or “Sleepy.” Physical traits like hair, glasses, and hats could also be added to the images.
Apple also improved the AI behind Genmoji to create smarter results and higher-quality images. There was also Genmoji support for Tapback reactions.
Whatever Apple comes up with, it will be first shown off at WWDC 2026 in June.
As someone who finds multi-leveled amusement in things that are taboo and inappropriate, I love a good dark comedy. Through sharp, cynical wit, they highlight and critique the absurdities of life while also serving as bridges between comedies and tragedies, with intentional goals of provoking thought from discomfort while simultaneously providing a cathartic release.
As we slide into this special mid-April weekend, we’re doing so with three darkly hilarious shows on Amazon Prime Video—our top pick being a newly released series inspired by true events.
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Weeds
Illegal suburban activity with biting humor
The two-time Emmy Award-winning show Weeds is a darkly hilarious, must-see suburban satire that took a simple comedic premise to an unexpected place. Its complex narrative revolves around an upper-middle-class mother who turns to selling marijuana to support her family in the wake of her husband’s death. The Institute’s Mary-Louise Parker stars alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Bob Odenkirk, Jennifer Jason Leigh, the late Kevin Nealon, and more.
When her husband dies, housewife Nancy Botwin (Parker) is buried under a mound of debt, with a family to support and an expensive lifestyle in an elite Southern California neighborhood. Needing money fast, she starts slinging weed on the DL with her brother-in-law’s friend, Conrad (The 40-Year-Old Virgin‘s Romany Malco), and his family. As the story unfolds, audiences get a fascinating look at how the maven of Mary Jane and her family engage with and push against the status quo and societal expectations of the time. It also explores immigration, privilege, body-shaming, religion, sexuality, and the war in Iraq.
Though the eight-part show is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, contains an easy-to-root-for protagonist, and is riddled with the kinds of dramatic twists you’d see in a soap opera, we’re still unpacking all the ugly societal truths its narrative calls out, including the ways in which the suburbs push conformity on the middle class. You’ll love the biting satirical humor, dysfunctional family dynamics, and all the questionable moral decisions.
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The Horror of Dolores Roach
A comedic descent into becoming a serial killer
A dark comedy-horror series acting as a modern-day Sweeney Todd tale, The Horror of Dolores Roach is set in gentrified Washington Heights in New York City and is an urban legend created by Aaron Mark, who also developed the story into a one-woman off-Broadway play as well as a popular Spotify podcast. Fans of shows like Dexter and Hannibal will love it.
After 16 years in prison, former marijuana dealer Dolores (Justina Machado) seeks a new life upon her release, only to find everything about the life she knew destroyed. With nowhere to go, she lives and works as an unlicensed masseuse in the basement of a friend’s empanada shop. When her stability is threatened and her desperation for revenge and survival awakens, Dolores experiences outbursts of murderous rage. To help keep her safe, her friend Luis (New Amsterdam‘s Alejandro Hernandez) chops up her victims’ bodies and uses them as a secret ingredient in his empanada fillings.
These modern Sweeney Todd-like episodes are fast-paced with a 30-minute runtime and a campy, entertaining tone, so the one-season show makes for a quick, easy binge in its satirical take on gentrification and its thematic explorations of wrongful conviction and survival.
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Population: 11
Comedy meets thriller meets true crime
A very newly released comedy-crime series, Population: 11 is an Australian-based story about a man searching for his estranged, now-missing father in an extremely tiny Outback town with a population of 12 people. Though the premise is quirky, it is loosely inspired by true events and heavily influenced by the 2017 vanishing of a man and his dog without a trace from a small Australian Outback town with 11 residents, where local feuds made everyone a suspect.
American Andy Pruden (Superstore‘s Ben Feldman) travels to the remote, desolate Outback town to visit his estranged father. Upon his arrival, he learns his father has vanished into thin air. None of the town’s 11 residents, who all seem to harbor secrets and what Andy calls “murderer energy,” know his whereabouts. After meeting local podcaster Cassie (Gold Diggers’ Perry Mooney), the two decide, along with a “motley crew” of locals, to investigate what’s really going on.
The show does an excellent job of balancing tension with well-timed wit, and its peculiar blend of, at times, violent, dark comedy is rooted in an underlying foundation of oddball sweetness that keeps you engaged from start to finish. If you like peppy, quirky, fast-paced mysteries chock-full of cleverness and suspense, you’ll enjoy Population: 11, especially if you are a fan of shows like The Tourist. With just 12 half-hour episodes, you can binge this engaging series in one afternoon.
Though Prime Video recently increased its fees, don’t let that deter you from keeping your subscription, as there are variably priced options. Plus, with all the new content set to come our way soon, you don’t want to be left out on all the fun!
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