Pictures received in messages using third-party apps such as WhatsApp will save automatically to your iPhone's photos collection. With iMessage, the iPhone's equivalent to Android's SMS text messages, you have to save the pictures you're sent.
This default feature may help save space in your iPhone's memory, but it also means you have to actively save pictures you want to have on your phone.
There are a couple of ways to save these pictures one by one. You can also save a selection of images or every photo within your text history from a single person.
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How to save pictures from text messages on your iPhone individually
1. Open your iPhone's Messages app and find the picture you want to save.
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2. Press and hold the image you want to save until an arrow appears above the picture.
3. Slide your finger up when you see the arrow and a menu featuring several options pop up.
4. Tap on "Save" and the photo will be added to your Camera Roll.
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5. Alternatively, you can just tap the picture once until a square with an arrow shows up in the lower-left corner.
6. Tapping the arrow that appears will produce a menu bar of options on the bottom of your screen, allowing you to send your picture to contacts, email, social apps and more.
7. Select "Save Image" at the bottom.
How to save multiple pictures from text messages on your iPhone
1. Begin by opening the text thread of the contact who sent the pictures you want to download.
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2. Select the name of the sender.
3. Tap on "info."
4. On iOS 13, locate the "PHOTOS" header and select "See All Photos" underneath the visible photos. You'll see every photo received from that sender. On iOS 12 or earlier, images appear automatically in full, and you should scroll down to the bottom until "Done" in the upper-right corner turns into "Select."
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5. Click the photos you want to download. Once you've selected all the images you want, tap on "Save" in the bottom left of your iPhone screen.
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