WhatsApp has replaced Apple's emoji set with a custom set of its own which has now rolled out to all Android users. For years, messaging app WhatsApp has relied upon Apple's emoji set

For those living outside of Japan, emojis have always been a static affair. Skype has animated emojis and Apple is bringing us "Animoji", but the rest of our emojis have tended

236 new emojis have arrived on Windows as Microsoft announced the rollout of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to all users from today. 🤩 Star-Struck, 🤯 Exploding Head and 🧐 Face With Monocle are among the

iOS 11.1 adds new emojis from Apple, including Giraffe, Face Vomiting, Genie, Sauropod (dinosaur) and more. Update 2017-10-09: iOS 11.1 beta 2 is out now. Article has been updated to reflect

WhatsApp has today unveiled its own emoji set for the first time. Appearing in today's beta release of WhatsApp for Android, this new emoji set appears to be highly inspired by Apple's designs.

Until now, Facebook has had two custom emoji sets: one for Facebook, and one for Messenger. Now there is only one. Or two, depending on how you're counting them. Facebook is replacing the

September has come and gone and brought us emoji news including the (leaked) announcement of Apple's Animoji, marketing firms attempting to win us over with emoji in bots, and some breaking news about

Samsung has no qualms taking creative liberties with its emojis, even if they sometimes take on an entirely different meaning. For the most part, Samsung's emoji set falls in line with the names

iOS 11.0 was released to the public today, and it does not contain any emoji updates. Update: iOS 11.1 has new emojis and comes out late October or early November 2017.

Ever wished you could send a video message on iOS; but instead of your own face you look like an emoji? Animoji might be for you. Announced at the September 12 Apple Event[

Leaked iOS firmware has revealed a new "animated emoji" feature coming to iOS 11 this month which changes appearance based on your facial expressions. Update: Animoji has been announced and here's

The Emoji Wrap Podcast is back for season two! After a slight hiatus, we're back with a brand new episode looking at the latest emoji updates from Google and whatever is happening with

Families with with skin tones from light to dark now have their own emojis on Facebook. 125 new emojis have been added to Facebook which allow black families to be represented in emoji

Here it is. The big one. Google has redesigned every emoji in the latest Android release and added all the latest emojis. T-Rex, Orange Heart, Vomit Face and Breastfeeding are some of the

We're pleased to announce that Emojipedia now has enabled HTTPS for all users. This means that all data sent between your phone or computer and Emojipedia is encrypted. It's not magic, but we've

67 new emojis have been listed as "draft candidates" for inclusion in the 2018 emoji set, including softball, mango, salt shaker, and a variation of the much-loved 💩 pile of poo emoji.

It's the emoji question we're asked the most, every single year: "When are the new emojis coming to iOS?" The short answer: this year. Apple has confirmed to Emojipedia that new

Over the past year, we've applied emoji data science to studying topics ranging from Brexit to the death of Fidel Castro to the true meaning of the peach emoji. (Hint: 🍑 almost never refers

You might be looking down at your Android smartphone or tablet and thinking, “Why don’t I have the latest emoji like the rest of my iPhone-using pals?” That’s probably because your

In celebration of World Emoji Day, Apple is today sharing a sneak peak at their new emojis for 2017. New emoji designs being previewed today include Woman with Headscarf, Bearded Person and Breastfeeding.

Facebook has released new statistics to coincide with World Emoji Day showing an average of 5 billion emojis sent each day on Messenger. This makes the otherwise-impressive figure of 60 million emojis being

Happy World Emoji Day fellow people of the internet. This is the fourth annual World Emoji Day held on July 17; with the first being back in 2014. This New Yorkers can look

If you weren't aware, July 7 was considered World Chocolate Day. A day that beloved children's entertainer Cookie Monster greatly approves of. Cookie Monster doesn't tweet a lot, but he did go out

Windows users: at last you have a great emoji picker, built right into your system. To access the emoji picker interface, press either of the following two shortcut combinations: Windows Key + Period / Full

Just last month Facebook extended its rollout of new emojis to most users. This has now extended to all users of the website and includes Facebook Mobile. One addition that went unnoticed during