December 18, 2025 at 2:49 am

iPhone User Warned People That Custom Text Message Backgrounds Can Be Seen By Both Parties. – ‘I put a mop for my house cleaning lady. That is so rude.’

by Matthew Gilligan

woman talking to tiktokkers

TikTok/@chaos.chronicls

Those iPhones sure can be tricky little devils!

Just when you think you have it all figured out, you get blindsided by a new feature you didn’t even know existed…

And here’s another one for you to consider.

A woman posted a video on TikTok and filled viewers in on an iPhone feature that she just learned about custom text backgrounds between people.

woman talking to tiktokkers

TikTok/@chaos.chronicls

She told viewers, “Alert, alert. The backgrounds are back and forth. I thought it was just one way.”

The TikTokker said she had no idea that the person on the other end of the text exchange could see the custom background she made using Apple’s Image Playground.

woman talking to tiktok viewers

TikTok/@chaos.chronicls

She said, “I put a mop for my house cleaning lady. That is so rude.”

In the video’s caption, the TikTokker wrote, “There are so many more. I was so bored.”

Great, now you tell us…

woman talking to tiktokkers

TikTok/@chaos.chronicls

Here’s the video.

@chaos.chronicls

There are so many more I was so bored #ios26 #iphone17

♬ original sound – Straw Hat B

Viewers shared their thoughts.

This person made a funny comment.

Screenshot 2025 11 28 at 3.31.23 PM iPhone User Warned People That Custom Text Message Backgrounds Can Be Seen By Both Parties.   I put a mop for my house cleaning lady. That is so rude.

Another individual spoke up.

Screenshot 2025 11 28 at 3.31.39 PM iPhone User Warned People That Custom Text Message Backgrounds Can Be Seen By Both Parties.   I put a mop for my house cleaning lady. That is so rude.

And another TikTokker chimed in.

Screenshot 2025 11 28 at 3.31.50 PM iPhone User Warned People That Custom Text Message Backgrounds Can Be Seen By Both Parties.   I put a mop for my house cleaning lady. That is so rude.

The more you know about your iPhone, the better…

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