The Unicode Consortium has today released version 13 of the Unicode Standard. The release includes 55 new emoji characters and 5,875 non-emoji characters. This follows last month's announcement of the final list

Google has begun its rollout of support for Emoji 12.1, at least for Pixel owners, providing 168 new emojis to those on Google devices. This update brings the latest gender neutral emojis

This week Google released an update to its emoji keyboard allowing emoji mashups within Gboard for the first time. The new functionality allows users to mix and match certain emoji expressions, with the

Instagram has begun testing a change to how emojis appear on Android phone, with some users now seeing Facebook emoji designs (instead of system-wide emojis provided by Google or Samsung in comments) DMs

Of the 117 new emojis approved last month, Pinched Fingers, Transgender Flag, and Smiling Face With Tear were the most popular on social media. Least popular? Bucket, Placard, and Elevator. Above: Engagement on

Last week the freemium emoji vendor JoyPixels released its latest emoji update, JoyPixels 5.5. The update features new gender neutral emojis, additional combinations of people holding hands, and a number of design

The emoji list for 2020 is now complete, with 117 emojis making the final cut for release this year. Additions include Bubble Tea, Smiling Face With Tear, bottle-feeding parents and the Transgender Flag.

Today Twitter has released Twemoji 12.1.5, bringing a large selection of new gender neutral emojis to the platform. This release comes not long after Twemoji 12.1.4, which updated several

As 2019 comes to a close, we here at Emojipedia have been reflecting on all the emoji updates that took place throughout the year. We’ve seen long-request designs such as white heart

All 230 new emojis for 2019 were recently added to WhatsApp for Android, as part of the latest version of the popular messaging app. In the fifth emoji update of 2019, WhatsApp 2.

One new emoji added in 2019 was quickly deemed to represent a small penis, but it's so much more than that. In March 2019 the Unicode Consortium released over 60 new emoji code

Today Apple has released iOS 13.2, introducing the likes of a white heart, yawning face and flamingo to the emoji keyboard. A more diverse keyboard adds options such as people holding hands

Today's latest iOS beta — iOS 13.2 beta 2 — is the first to include new emojis previewed by Apple in July of this year. Update: iOS 13.2 has been released. View all

Originally planned for release in 2020, a number of new gender neutral emojis have been moved into a late-2019 update from the Unicode Consortium, following support from 'at least two' major vendors. The

iPhone users in Hong Kong have noticed a change in the latest version of iOS: the 🇹🇼 Flag for Taiwan emoji is missing. Previously restricted on Chinese iOS devices, all other regions of the

Coming swiftly after last week's iOS 13.0 release, Apple has today released iOS 13.1. While this update does not feature any new emojis or expand upon iOS 13.0's Memoji stickers,

With today's release of iOS 13 it's hard to miss one big new addition to the emoji keyboard. Alongside  the frequently used emojis are new options: a sweating 🐙 Octopus, a 👻 Ghost with heart

New on Emojipedia today is a listing for the open source emoji project OpenMoji. This set of 3,180 images covers every emoji approved as part of Emoji 12.0, and is available

Today Google has begun the rollout of its latest OS update, Android 10. This latest version of Android introduces the latest emojis such as flamingo and deaf person, while also implementing a considerable

Today Samsung has begun shipping its new Galaxy Note 10 device, featuring an emoji keyboard with yawning face, white heart, pinching hand and other new emoji designs. A selection of the new emoji