Keith Broni

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 results suggested in the keyboard for input as a sticker. Named Emoji Kitchen [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-kitchen/

Instagram has begun testing a change to how emojis appear on Android phone, with some users now seeing Facebook emoji designs [http://emojipedia.org/facebook/] (instead of system-wide emojis provided by Google or Samsung in comments) DMs and stories. Editor's Note: Despite testing this change at the start

Last week the freemium emoji vendor JoyPixels released its latest emoji update, JoyPixels 5.5 [https://emojipedia.org/joypixels/5.5/]. The update features new gender neutral emojis, additional combinations of people holding hands, and a number of design updates. Above: All the new emojis featured in JoyPixels 5.5.

Today Twitter has released Twemoji 12.1.5 [https://emojipedia.org/twitter/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 [https://emojipedia.org/twitter/twemoji-12.1.4/], which updated several existing emojis to

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 [https://emojipedia.org/white-heart/] and flamingo [https://emojipedia.org/flamingo/] be introduced to all major vendors. Gender

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 2.19.352 [https://emojipedia.org/whatsapp/2.19.352/new/] is the first release to support Emoji

Today Apple has released iOS 13.2 [https://emojipedia.org/apple/ios-13.2/new/], 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 with a mix of skin tones, people in wheelchairs, with

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 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] , as well as a number of design changes to family, gesture and facial expression emojis.

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, iOS 13.1 does feature an 'accuracy update' to a number

Today Google has begun [https://android-developers.googleblog.com] the rollout of its latest OS update, Android 10 [http://emojipedia.org/google/android-10.0/] . This latest version of Android introduces the latest emojis such as flamingo [https://emojipedia.org/flamingo/] and deaf person [https://emojipedia.org/deaf-person/], while also implementing a

Today Samsung has begun shipping its new Galaxy Note 10 device, featuring an emoji keyboard with yawning face [https://emojipedia.org/yawning-face/], white heart [https://emojipedia.org/white-heart/], pinching hand [https://emojipedia.org/pinching-hand/http://] and other new emoji designs. A selection of the new emoji designs featured in Samsung

WhatsApp has released a number of changes to its emoji designs, in its third emoji update of the year. The update does not, however, introduce any of the new 2019 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] emojis to the messaging platform. Above: a selection of the updated emoji designs featured in

Today JoyPixels (formerly EmojiOne) has released its 5.0 update [http://emojipedia.org/emojione/5.0/], featuring support for yawning face [https://emojipedia.org/yawning-face/], pinching hand [https://emojipedia.org/pinching-hand/] and other new Emoji 12.0 additions [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/]. Above: A selection of new emoji designs

New emojis are now available for Windows users, including a flamingo [https://emojipedia.org/flamingo/], yawning face [https://emojipedia.org/yawning-face/], pinching hand [https://emojipedia.org/pinching-hand/], as well as new colored shapes and a range of accessibility options. These new emojis are featured within the May 2019 Update for

Google has today released their latest beta of Android Q [https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/05/whats-new-in-android-q-beta-3-more.html] . Available on a greater number of devices than any previous Android beta, the update includes a first look at new emojis such as yawning face [https://emojipedia.org/yawning-face/], flamingo [https://emojipedia.

Today Twitter has released Twemoji 12.0 [https://emojipedia.org/twitter/twemoji-12.0/new/], bringing Emoji 12.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] support to its various platforms. The update comes hot on the heels of Unicode 12.0 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-12-0/], meaning that Twitter are once again

WhatsApp has begun to roll out WhatsApp 2.19.62 [https://emojipedia.org/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 in WhatsApp 2.19.62 [https://emojipedia.org/whatsapp/2.

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 number of emoji designs, and shows new emojis from 2018 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-experience-9-5-emoji-changelog/] on the

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 of minor adjustments to several previously-released emoji designs. Above: a selection of the revised emoji designs featured

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 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-one-goes-freemium/] emoji vendor. First previewed in October 2018 [https://twitter.com/emojione/status/1055185820427018240], no new emojis are featured within

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 Emoji 11.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/] additions from 2018 as well as redesigned versions of

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 [https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1011948853560512513], features 157 new emojis as well as a glossy design overhaul. With the rollout

Microsoft has added support for Emoji 11.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/] in the latest update of Windows 10 known as the October 2018 Update. In addition to these new emojis, noteworthy modifications to earlier emoji designs are also included in this latest release. Featuring 157 new emojis in

Samsung has today released its latest flagship device: the Galaxy Note 9, which is the first release from Samsung to include support for Emoji 11.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/]. New emojis shipping on this device include a cold face [https://emojipedia.org/freezing-face/], hot face [https://emojipedia.org/

Today EmojiOne officially released [https://www.emojione.com/blog/emojione-40-debuts-to-the-world] the latest version of their emoji set, EmojiOne 4.0, featuring both new and revised emoji designs. This release brings the freemium vendor [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-one-goes-freemium/] 's emoji offerings in line with Emoji 11.0 [https://emojipedia.