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Watch how Apple's amazing new Animoji mimic your face on the iPhone X

Key Points
  • Animoji are exclusive to the iPhone X
  • They let you create custom emoji with your facial expressions
  • The iPhone X uses new sensors to track your face, allowing this to happen
This is one of the best new features on the Apple iPhone X
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This is one of the best new features on the Apple iPhone X

The iPhone X has a lot of new features you won't find in any other iPhone, and one of the most fun is called Animoji.

Animoji animated characters -- a rabbit, a monkey, a robot and more -- that come to life when you move your face. The new 3-D face sensors on the iPhone X, which are also used for Face ID payments and to unlock the phone, can recognize your face's movements. If you smile, an Animoji monkey on your screen will mimic that smile almost exactly. The mouth will move when you speak, and the character's brows will mimic your own.

The Animoji can be sent off to friends and family, even if they don't own an iPhone.

Take a peek at Animoji in action in the video here.