Keith Broni

Owners of Google's latest Pixel phones now have access to new 217 new emojis, including a face exhaling and a heart on fire, as well as options to mix and match the skin

Emoji use continues to rise with over one in five tweets now containing at least one emoji. While more emojis are being used now than ever, the rate of growth has slowed in

The latest version of WhatsApp for Android includes new emojis such as Smiling Face with Tear and Pinched Fingers. This follows an update in recent months where support was provided new gender neutral

You've heard of 🎅 Santa Claus and perhaps 🤶 Mrs. Claus, but how about 🧑‍🎄 Mx. Claus? As we approach the end of 2020, most major emoji vendors now support Emoji 13.0: the emoji update

Samsung's Android software layer One UI now supports the latest emojis, for any devices setup to receive One UI version 2.5. Alongside 116 brand new emojis, this update includes a sizable number

Google has today begun rolling out its latest OS update, Android 11.0. Included in this new release are 117 brand new emojis and a significant number of design changes, several of which

For World Emoji Day, Google has announced a number of classic emojis returning to Android this fall. Promising to "protect this perfect tortoise with our lives" (a reference to the popular

JoyPixels has released version 6.0 of its freemium emoji set. This update includes the latest batch of new emojis and a wide-ranging series of design changes. All 117 new emojis approved in

Google has released the Android 11 beta, which includes support for latest emojis. Emoji additions include Smiling Face with Tear and Pinched Fingers. Above: A selection of the emojis designs available in the

Following the death of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests against racism and police brutality, Emojipedia experienced a signification increase in lookups of the ✊🏿 Raised Fist with Dark Skin Tone emoji.

Twitter has begun rollout of its latest emoji update. Versioned as Twemoji 13.0, this update includes all of the new 2020 emojis such as Smiling Face with Tear, People Hugging, Bubble Tea

A sentiment analysis performed by Emojipedia finds that positive emoji use is on the decrease, while the total number of emojis sent in our communications continues to rise. Analyzing 68 million unique tweets,

Yesterday Twitter begun rollout of a new emoji update: Twemoji 12.1.16. While it doesn't include any new emojis, the update does include subtle changes to 36 previously released emoji designs. Above:

The number one news story around the world right now is the spread of the latest strain of coronavirus, COVID-19. While we don't have much to say about the spread of the virus

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

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

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.

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

After several months of quiet rollout, Facebook have confirmed that their latest emoji release is now accessible to the majority Facebook users. This update includes support for Emoji 12.0, as well as

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,

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