diff --git a/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js
--- a/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import Animated, { type SharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import EmojiPicker from 'rn-emoji-keyboard';
 
 import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils';
 import { useCanCreateReactionFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils';
@@ -33,9 +34,16 @@
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
   +setHideTooltip: SetState<boolean>,
+  +showEmojiKeyboard: SharedValue<boolean>,
 };
 function MultimediaMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { navigation, progress, isOpeningSidebar, setHideTooltip } = props;
+  const {
+    navigation,
+    progress,
+    isOpeningSidebar,
+    setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
+  } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
@@ -94,6 +102,20 @@
     );
   }, [initialCoordinates, isOpeningSidebar, item, progress, windowWidth]);
 
+  const innerMultimediaMessage = React.useMemo(
+    () => (
+      <InnerMultimediaMessage
+        item={item}
+        verticalBounds={verticalBounds}
+        clickable={false}
+        setClickable={noop}
+        onPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
+        onLongPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
+      />
+    ),
+    [item, navigation.goBackOnce, verticalBounds],
+  );
+
   const { messageInfo, threadInfo, reactions } = item;
   const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
   const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
@@ -124,6 +146,7 @@
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         setHideTooltip={setHideTooltip}
+        showEmojiKeyboard={showEmojiKeyboard}
         reactionSelectionPopoverContainerStyle={
           reactionSelectionPopoverPosition
         }
@@ -135,33 +158,43 @@
     reactionSelectionPopoverPosition,
     sendReaction,
     setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
   ]);
 
+  const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
+    emoji => {
+      sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
+      setHideTooltip(true);
+    },
+    [sendReaction, setHideTooltip],
+  );
+
+  const onCloseEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
+    showEmojiKeyboard.value = false;
+    navigation.goBackOnce();
+  }, [navigation, showEmojiKeyboard]);
+
   return (
-    <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
-      <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
-        sourceMessage={item}
-        onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
-      />
-      <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
-        <MessageHeader item={item} focused={true} display="modal" />
+    <>
+      <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
+        <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
+          sourceMessage={item}
+          onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
+        />
+        <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
+          <MessageHeader item={item} focused={true} display="modal" />
+        </Animated.View>
+        {reactionSelectionPopover}
+        {innerMultimediaMessage}
+        {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
-      {reactionSelectionPopover}
-      <InnerMultimediaMessage
-        item={item}
-        verticalBounds={verticalBounds}
-        clickable={false}
-        setClickable={noop}
-        onPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
-        onLongPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
+      <EmojiPicker
+        onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
+        open={showEmojiKeyboard.value}
+        onClose={onCloseEmojiPicker}
       />
-      {inlineEngagement}
-    </Animated.View>
+    </>
   );
 }
 
-const ConnectedMultimediaMessageTooltipButton: React.ComponentType<Props> = React.memo<Props>(
-  MultimediaMessageTooltipButton,
-);
-
-export default ConnectedMultimediaMessageTooltipButton;
+export default MultimediaMessageTooltipButton;
diff --git a/native/chat/reaction-selection-popover.react.js b/native/chat/reaction-selection-popover.react.js
--- a/native/chat/reaction-selection-popover.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/reaction-selection-popover.react.js
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, TouchableOpacity, Text } from 'react-native';
+import type { SharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import type { SetState } from 'lib/types/hook-types';
 
+import SWMansionIcon from '../components/swmansion-icon.react';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors';
 import type { ViewStyle } from '../types/styles';
 
 type ReactionSelectionPopoverProps = {
   +setHideTooltip: SetState<boolean>,
+  +showEmojiKeyboard: SharedValue<boolean>,
   +reactionSelectionPopoverContainerStyle: ViewStyle,
   +sendReaction: (reaction: string) => mixed,
 };
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@
 ): React.Node {
   const {
     setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
     reactionSelectionPopoverContainerStyle,
     sendReaction,
   } = props;
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@
     [sendReaction, setHideTooltip],
   );
 
+  const onPressEmojiKeyboardButton = React.useCallback(() => {
+    showEmojiKeyboard.value = true;
+    setHideTooltip(true);
+  }, [setHideTooltip, showEmojiKeyboard]);
+
   const defaultEmojis = React.useMemo(() => {
     const defaultEmojisData = ['❤️', '😆', '😮', '😠', '👍'];
 
@@ -60,7 +69,16 @@
     styles.reactionSelectionItemEmoji,
   ]);
 
-  return <View style={containerStyle}>{defaultEmojis}</View>;
+  return (
+    <View style={containerStyle}>
+      {defaultEmojis}
+      <TouchableOpacity onPress={onPressEmojiKeyboardButton}>
+        <View style={styles.emojiKeyboardButtonContainer}>
+          <SWMansionIcon name="plus" style={styles.icon} size={18} />
+        </View>
+      </TouchableOpacity>
+    </View>
+  );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
@@ -85,6 +103,18 @@
   reactionSelectionItemEmoji: {
     fontSize: 18,
   },
+  emojiKeyboardButtonContainer: {
+    backgroundColor: 'reactionSelectionPopoverItemBackground',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    padding: 8,
+    borderRadius: 20,
+    width: 40,
+    height: 40,
+  },
+  icon: {
+    color: 'modalForegroundLabel',
+  },
 };
 
 export default ReactionSelectionPopover;
diff --git a/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
--- a/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import Animated, { type SharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import EmojiPicker from 'rn-emoji-keyboard';
 
 import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils';
 import { useCanCreateReactionFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils';
@@ -31,9 +32,16 @@
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
   +setHideTooltip: SetState<boolean>,
+  +showEmojiKeyboard: SharedValue<boolean>,
 };
 function RobotextMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { navigation, progress, isOpeningSidebar, setHideTooltip } = props;
+  const {
+    navigation,
+    progress,
+    isOpeningSidebar,
+    setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
+  } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
@@ -122,6 +130,7 @@
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         setHideTooltip={setHideTooltip}
+        showEmojiKeyboard={showEmojiKeyboard}
         reactionSelectionPopoverContainerStyle={
           reactionSelectionPopoverPosition
         }
@@ -133,21 +142,42 @@
     reactionSelectionPopoverPosition,
     sendReaction,
     setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
   ]);
 
+  const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
+    emoji => {
+      sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
+      setHideTooltip(true);
+    },
+    [sendReaction, setHideTooltip],
+  );
+
+  const onCloseEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
+    showEmojiKeyboard.value = false;
+    navigation.goBackOnce();
+  }, [navigation, showEmojiKeyboard]);
+
   return (
-    <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
-      <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
-        sourceMessage={item}
-        onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
-      />
-      <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
-        <Timestamp time={item.messageInfo.time} display="modal" />
+    <>
+      <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
+        <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
+          sourceMessage={item}
+          onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
+        />
+        <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
+          <Timestamp time={item.messageInfo.time} display="modal" />
+        </Animated.View>
+        {reactionSelectionPopover}
+        <InnerRobotextMessage item={item} onPress={navigation.goBackOnce} />
+        {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
-      {reactionSelectionPopover}
-      <InnerRobotextMessage item={item} onPress={navigation.goBackOnce} />
-      {inlineEngagement}
-    </Animated.View>
+      <EmojiPicker
+        onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
+        open={showEmojiKeyboard.value}
+        onClose={onCloseEmojiPicker}
+      />
+    </>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import Animated, { type SharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import EmojiPicker from 'rn-emoji-keyboard';
 
 import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils';
 import { useCanCreateReactionFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils';
@@ -33,9 +34,16 @@
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
   +setHideTooltip: SetState<boolean>,
+  +showEmojiKeyboard: SharedValue<boolean>,
 };
 function TextMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { navigation, progress, isOpeningSidebar, setHideTooltip } = props;
+  const {
+    navigation,
+    progress,
+    isOpeningSidebar,
+    setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
+  } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
@@ -137,6 +145,7 @@
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         setHideTooltip={setHideTooltip}
+        showEmojiKeyboard={showEmojiKeyboard}
         reactionSelectionPopoverContainerStyle={
           reactionSelectionPopoverPosition
         }
@@ -148,8 +157,22 @@
     reactionSelectionPopoverPosition,
     sendReaction,
     setHideTooltip,
+    showEmojiKeyboard,
   ]);
 
+  const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
+    emoji => {
+      sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
+      setHideTooltip(true);
+    },
+    [sendReaction, setHideTooltip],
+  );
+
+  const onCloseEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
+    showEmojiKeyboard.value = false;
+    navigation.goBackOnce();
+  }, [navigation, showEmojiKeyboard]);
+
   return (
     <MessageListContextProvider threadID={threadID}>
       <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
@@ -173,6 +196,11 @@
         </MessagePressResponderContext.Provider>
         {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
+      <EmojiPicker
+        onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
+        open={showEmojiKeyboard.value}
+        onClose={onCloseEmojiPicker}
+      />
     </MessageListContextProvider>
   );
 }
diff --git a/native/navigation/tooltip.react.js b/native/navigation/tooltip.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/tooltip.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/tooltip.react.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
   +setHideTooltip: SetState<boolean>,
+  +showEmojiKeyboard: SharedValue<boolean>,
 };
 type TooltipProps<Base> = {
   ...Base,
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@
         progress: position,
         isOpeningSidebar,
         setHideTooltip,
+        showEmojiKeyboard,
       };
 
       const itemsStyles = [styles.items, styles.itemsFixed];
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@
       } else {
         this.props.setHideTooltip(true);
       }
+      this.props.showEmojiKeyboard.value = false;
     };
 
     onPressEntry = (entry: TooltipEntry<RouteName>) => {