Jeremy Burge

Facebook Messenger has a new dark mode that can be activated by sending the 🌙 Crescent Moon emoji in any message thread. Once the 🌙 emoji has been sent, a message appears noting that Dark Mode can now be turned on (or off) in Settings. This tip comes via Matt Navarra who

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 to spot a PR campaign, and officer I'm calling about a car with an emoji license plate.

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 show a sense of being proud or emotional in a happy way. Crying with a smile but

The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by the Unicode Consortium and includes a total of 230 new emojis coming to major platforms this year. Additions include previously drafted candidates such as a Flamingo, Otter, and Guide Dog, as well as a Waffle, Hindu Temple, Sari, Sloth,

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 my role), this is sent no more than once a month, and currently has 16,000 subscribers.

A comprehensive list of emojis used at Christmas time, where they come from, and most importantly: how much cheer they spread on each platform. Both ⛄ Winter and 🎅 Christmas are well represented on the emoji keyboard. But have you taken a closer look at some of these emojis? I have. Covered

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 flag (and many more) it's worth taking a closer look at the ways that flags can be

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 come a long way to making various emoji designs closer to other platforms in the past few

On November 21, 2008 Apple released a free software update for iPhone users in Japan which contained Apple's first emoji font and keyboard. Ten years later, it's clear that this release paved the way for the widespread emoji support we see around the world today. Background When entering the Japanese

Apple's emoji font — Apple Color Emoji — is iconic. It wasn't the first emoji set in existance, but it is certainly the most recognizable. First debuting as part of iPhone OS 2.2 on November 21, 2008, this font is now ten years old. The original set of 471 characters have

“I’ve been waiting forever for the ginger emoji and THIS is it?? Uh, hello? Redheads feel all the emotions, too.” Self-confessed “feisty redhead” Becca Watters on Twitter wrote about her frustration with new emoji choices available upon the release of iOS 12.1 which included redheads amongst the 158

Smileys, hair types and human appendages are among the most discussed emoji additions in iOS 12.1. Most engaging were the new hairless people (👩‍🦲 Woman: Bald / 👨‍🦲 Man: Bald),  🥴 Woozy Face, and 🥰 Smiling Face With 3 Hearts. The new 🦶 Foot emoji saw a disproportionate number of retweets compared to other high-engagement

Emoji release schedules on various platforms has now spread out so far that Windows 10 is testing draft emoji candidates for 2019 at the same time that WhatsApp is releasing the new emojis from 2018. Just over a week ago, Apple released iOS 12.1 with support for the 2018

Twitter allows the ✳️ Eight-Spoked Asterisk emoji to be inserted into Twitter names and bios but not 🔷 Large Blue Diamond. Why? To prevent accounts from attempting to look verified when they are not. The Twitter verified checkmark is a white checkmark/tick inside a ruffled blue circle. No emoji looks exactly

Is there a time of year that is better represented using emojis than Halloween? Saving you the time of scrolling through your emoji keyboard to find the best spooky emojis, I hereby present the best emojis for Halloween: 😨 😰 😱 🤡 😈 👿 👹 👺 💀 ☠️ 👻 👽 👾 🤖 🧙‍ 🧚‍ 🧛‍ 🧜‍ 🧝‍ 🧞‍ 🧟‍ 🕴 💚 🖤 🦄 🦇 🦉 🕷 🕸 🥀 🍫 🍬 🍭 🏚 🌃 🛸 🌕 🌚 🌩 ⚡️ 🎃 🔮 🎭 🕯 🗡 ⛓ ⚰️ ⚱️ Some are the typical fare you expect at Halloween — a spider, ghost,

While iOS users are awaiting the final release of iOS 12.1 with support for Emoji 11.0 (the 2018 emoji update); work continues on the 2019 release of the Unicode Standard. Today's Emoji 12.0 beta announcement from Unicode provides a chance for vendors and implementers to test the

Apple has released a new version of its forthcoming bagel emoji. Now including cream-cheese, this aims to address concerns raised about the previous design. When Apple first released the new emoji support in iOS 12.1 beta 2, many were quick to criticize the bagel. “What midwestern bagel factory did

New changes on Twitter mean that for the first time each emoji counts as the same number of characters in a tweet. Previously 💁, 💁🏽, and 💁🏽‍♂️ would have used 2, 4, and 9 characters respectively. The limit of 280 characters remains intact for latin characters, and as before, each emoji uses two

Emoji design is one small area that a company can inject personality into otherwise similar-looking operating systems. I recently got my hands on a Fitbit Versa, and enjoyed taking a look at the custom headband-sporting emojis on the device. Emojis with headbands include everything from 😀 Grinning Face to 🤗 Hugging Face;

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast Jason Snell joins me to discuss the new emojis coming to iOS in 2018, did Apple try and spoil Microsoft's big day, and what's got the New Yorkers upset? Each month I send a newsletter to keep you updated with what's happening recently in

New emoji support has appeared for the first time in iOS for 2018 with today's release of the iOS 12.1 beta 2 for developers. Update: iOS 12.1 was released to the general public on October 30, 2018. See every emoji in the final version or view the most

Emoji designs from Japanese carrier SoftBank are now showing on Emojipedia. These archives catalog emojis that were distributed on SoftBank devices from 2006—2016. Many of the emojis shown in these sets pre-date emoji being added to the Unicode Standard, and as such these have been mapped to their modern

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast Rick Moby from EmojiOne discusses emojis on the Nintendo Switch, tough pistol decisions, and why doesn't anyone know how to hug? Each month I send a newsletter containing topics in the emoji world[1] - some quirky, some news and reporting. Then we discuss

Facebook has a lot on its plate right now, but add new emoji designs to the list. A new glossier emoji design is on the way, and is already showing for some users. First appearing back in June 2018, these new designs arrived unannounced, for what appeared to be a