Since updating the Emojipedia archives with the SoftBank emoji set from 1997, it's a good time to now show how this original set of 90 emojis released over two decades ago has a

Until now, Japanese phone carrier Docomo has most often been widely credited as the originator of what we know as emoji today. It turns out, that might not be the case, and today

WhatsApp has begun to roll out WhatsApp 2.19.62, an update to the messaging service which contains a selection of emoji design changes. Above: A selection of the changed emoji designs featured

The latest version of WhatsApp includes a Transgender Pride flag, hidden from the emoji keyboard.This is created using a ZWJ sequence of the 🏳️ White Flag emoji and ⚧ Male with Stroke and Male

The Unicode Consortium has today released version 12 of the Unicode Standard. The release includes 61 new emoji characters and 493 non-emoji characters.This follows last month's announcement of the final list of

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast John Kelly (Senior Emoji Lexicographer at Emojipedia) joins me to discuss the latest emoji happenings.“Hot takes galore on the internet with the new emoji release, how

On Friday, February 22, the London Times ran an article on emojis that made many of us go 😂, 🙃, or 🤔 online. The Times emoji explainer is killing me. 🍆 🍑 🔥 pic.twitter.com/uA8Th2Mc62— Latika

Earlier this month 230 new emojis were approved for release in 2019; but what about all the other requests?The number one emoji wanted by Emojipedia users is “happy tears”: an emoji to

Today at a press event in San Fransisco, Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 series of phones which all ship with the recently rebranded Samsung One UI. This custom Android implementation changes a considerable

Earlier this month, the Unicode Consortium debuted its final list of new emojis for 2019—and we debated it. Some men felt challenged by what Pinching Hand implied about their bodies while some

Twitter has today begun to roll out a new update to its native Twemoji emoji set: Twemoji 11.3. The first update to the vendor’s designs in 2019, it features a series

Today EmojiOne has released a new version of its emoji suite, updating a considerable number of pre-existing emoji designs: a now well-established practice for the freemium emoji vendor. First previewed in October 2018,

A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. So, too, at least in the realms of texting and social media, is an emoji. Behold the wide eyes and red cheeks of

WhatsApp has released new emojis for Android, along with design modifications for its native emoji set. The latest update means that WhatsApp users on Android now have access to both the 157 new

Emojipedia has a monthly newsletter containing emoji stories you might not have seen from around the web.Curated by me, Emojiepdia's Editor in Chief ("Chief Emoji Officer" is the more fun title for

As we saw in our Emojiology on 👻 Ghost, Halloween is downright haunted by emojis to mark the occasion. Close behind it, on the holiday front, is Christmas. From a 🎁 Gift under the 🎄 Christmas

As with most things Unicode-related, emoji flags are more complicated than they may first appear. With calls in recent years for emoji representation of the Aboriginal Australian flag, Transgender flag, Brittany flag, Kurdish

Questions about Samsung emoji support are a frequent occurrence on Emojipedia's various social media accounts. In particular, users often want to know why they don't have emojis that other platforms include. Samsung has

Facebook has confirmed its major emoji update for 2018 is now available for the majority of Facebook users. The release, of which some elements began to be surface in June, features 157 new

As many of us around the world move into the colder months of the year, we bundle up our emojis with scarves 🧣, coats 🧥, and gloves 🧤, prepared for the freezing snow ❄️ and icy winds