While we’ve seen the automatic balloons that appear when you type “Happy birthday!” to someone, you can accompany any iMessage with balloons, lasers, confetti, and other amusing visual elements.

just type "Happy Birthday". You can add a name, an emoji, and an exclamation point, just make sure you have those two words. Balloons everywhere! But just for a few seconds. It's long enough to be ...

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The balloon-borne platform was festooned with a “Happy Birthday, Stephen Hawking,” plus a couple of party balloons for the occasion. (The heavy lifting was done by a much bigger balloon that ...