Jeremy Burge

Long used as an emoji to imply sickness, the mask-wearing emoji saw a revival in 2020 as one of the most popular emojis used in tweets about Coronavirus. But why does it have

The wait is nearly over for iOS users: bubble tea, a transgender flag, seal, feather and more emojis are included in the latest iOS beta. iOS 14.2 beta 2 was released to

217 new emojis have been approved and will come to devices throughout 2021. Additions include a heart on fire, face in the clouds, a woman with a beard, and new mixed skin tone

The most frequent question asked of Emojipedia is when are the new emojis coming to iPhone? Answer: Not in iOS 14.0. Some of the more popular emojis coming to iOS in 2020

For the longest time, Samsung phones had an emoji quirk that resulted in two emojis being mixed up. For the longest time, 🇺 Regional Indicator Symbol Letter U appeared on Samsung phones as the

New emojis will be approved in late 2020, resulting in platform support in 2021. With Unicode 14.0 delayed due to Coronavirus, a minor emoji release known as Emoji 13.1 will fill

Every year new emojis get approved, but sometimes its worth looking back at how well they are recieved. 398 new emojis were approved in 2019, a large number mostly due to the skin

New emojis are coming to iOS this year, and for World Emoji Day Apple has revealed to Emojipedia its first preview of how these will look. Update September 2020: iOS 14.0 has

Six years ago I decided to create a global holiday, and in 2020 it's still with us: World Emoji Day. In fact, as of this week, the 📅 Calendar emoji now shows July 17

What does equality look like on the emoji keyboard? Much progress has been made in recent years, with emojis that were once white and male[1] now offering a choice of skin tones

In just two short years one emoji has captured our imaginations like no other. Of every 100 tweets sent in April 2020, one of them contained a relative-newcomer on the emoji scene: 🥺 Pleading

When Jameela Jamil posted a tweet with a single ‘shocked face’ emoji last week, she didn't expect to see blowback. Much to Jamil's confusion, many responses felt the (since-deleted) single-emoji-tweet was inconsiderate, or

The Unicode Consortium is delaying Unicode 14.0 by six months due to COVID-19.  This means that emojis that would have arrived on phones in 2021 will instead roll out in 2022. Does

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

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

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'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

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

New emojis were approved by the Unicode Consortium as part of Emoji 12.0 in March 2019. So when do they arrive on phones? The rollout date for each platform varies. On iOS,

Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 will ship later this month with support for all the new emojis approved in 2019. Among the updates are people with mobility aids such as a wheelchair, cane, or

Happy #WorldEmojiDay 2019 🎉 Here at Emojipedia we're be celebrating in a few ways. The National Museum of CinemaEmojipedia partnered with the National Museum of Cinema in Turin for an exhibition launching today (July

Emojipedia has run the World Emoji Awards on World Emoji Day each year since 2017. These look at which new emojis are popular or most loved, by way of voting or statistics. It's