Smileys, hair types and human appendages are among the most discussed emoji additions in iOS 12.1 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-1-emoji-changelog/]. Most engaging were the new hairless people (👩‍🦲 Woman: Bald [https://emojipedia.org/woman-bald/] / 👨‍🦲 Man: Bald [https://emojipedia.org/man-bald/]),🥴 Woozy Face [https://emojipedia.org/face-with-uneven-eyes-and-wavy-mouth/], and 🥰 Smiling Face

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 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-1-emoji-changelog/

Twitter allows the ✳️ Eight-Spoked Asterisk [https://emojipedia.org/eight-spoked-asterisk/] emoji to be inserted into Twitter names and bios but not 🔷 Large Blue Diamond [https://emojipedia.org/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

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 [https://emojipedia.org/halloween/]: 😨 😰 😱 🤡 😈 👿 👹 👺 💀 ☠️ 👻 👽 👾 🤖 🧙‍ 🧚‍ 🧛‍ 🧜‍ 🧝‍ 🧞‍ 🧟‍ 🕴 💚 🖤 🦄 🦇 🦉 🕷 🕸 🥀 🍫 🍬 🍭 🏚 🌃 🛸 🌕 🌚 🌩 ⚡️ 🎃 🔮 🎭 🕯 🗡 ⛓ ⚰️ ⚱️ Some are the typical fare you expect at

While iOS users are awaiting the final release of iOS 12.1 with support for Emoji 11.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/] (the 2018 emoji update); work continues on the 2019 release of the Unicode Standard. Today's Emoji 12.0 beta announcement [http://blog.unicode.org/2018/

When it comes to emojis, there’s no time of year quite like Halloween [https://emojipedia.org/halloween/]. We fill our texts and tweets with the many tricks and treats emojis offer for the holiday, from jack-o’-lanterns 🎃 and candy 🍬 to bats 🦇 and spider webs 🕸️ to frightened faces 😱 and devilish

Apple has released a new version [https://twitter.com/jeremyburge/status/1051967143808516096] of its forthcoming bagel emoji [https://emojipedia.org/bagel/]. Now including cream-cheese, this aims to address concerns raised about the previous design. When Apple first released [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-1-beta-includes-new-emojis/] the new emoji support in iOS 12.

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 [https://emojipedia.org/

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com/39ea6f26] 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

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

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 [http://emojipedia.org/apple/ios-12.1/] was released to the general public on October 30, 2018. See every

At least, the OK gesture is not intrinsically a racist symbol of white power—nor is its emoji form, 👌 OK Hand [https://emojipedia.org/ok-hand-sign/]. Like many gestures, 👌 OK Hand [https://emojipedia.org/ok-hand-sign/] has many legitimate uses, but this one also has many layers of use that involve trolling,

Think emojis are all just fun and games? Then you haven’t met one that manifests some of our deepest, darkest fears 😱 [https://emojipedia.org/face-screaming-in-fear/]. It wants to give you a balloon 🎈 [https://emojipedia.org/balloon/]. It wants to charm you with juggling 🤹 [https://emojipedia.org/juggling/] at your

Emoji designs from Japanese carrier SoftBank [https://emojipedia.org/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

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com/93ce04f4] 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 [http://emojiwrap.com/] containing topics in the emoji

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/

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 [https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1011948853560512513], these new designs arrived unannounced,

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.

In our Emojiology series so far, we’ve clarified the confusion of 😪 Sleepy Face [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-sleepy-face/], reconciled the conflicts of 😭 Loudly Crying Face [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-loudly-crying-face/], and unpacked the complexities of 😏 Smirking Face [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-smirking-face/] and 😬 Grimacing Face [https://blog.emojipedia.org/

New emoji candidates including a service dog, deaf people, and mixed race couples were added to the draft emoji list for 2019 at the most recent Unicode Technical Committee meeting. While these candidates aren't guaranteed entry into the Unicode Standard, this is a key step before the final

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com] Microsoft Fluent Design Team explains the Ninja Cat, why the Windows emoji designs have that solid thick outline, and what's included in the new emoji release [https://blog.emojipedia.org/windows-10-previews-emoji-11-0-support/]. Every month I send a

Google has begun rollout of their new OS update, Android 9.0 [http://emojipedia.org/google/android-9.0/new/], also known as Android Pie[1]. Contained within this release are Google’s Emoji 11.0 updates as well as numerous tweaks to existing emoji designs. With the release of Android

Microsoft has today shown its latest emoji support for those signed up for Windows Insider builds. Supporting all the new emojis approved as part of emoji 11.0, new additions include a foot [https://emojipedia.org/foot/], frisbee [https://emojipedia.org/flying-disc/][1], swan [https://emojipedia.org/swan/], lobster [https: