Even though other platforms such as Android and Windows added new emojis weeks or months ago, it's the iOS emoji updates that gets most people's attention. The additional attention given to the iOS emoji font likely stems from the wide availability of iOS 11.1 [https:

Unicode has announced four new draft emoji candidates for 2018: swan, badger, infinity symbol[1] and pirate flag [https://emojipedia.org/pirate-flag/]. These come as the result of decisions made at the Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting at Apple last week.[2] And don't worry redheads: your feedback

Apple today released iOS 11.1 featuring a total of 240 new emojis, as well as bunch of design changes to some old emoji favorites. Additions in iOS 11.1 include Giraffe [https://emojipedia.org/giraffe-face/], Face Vomiting [https://emojipedia.org/face-with-open-mouth-vomiting/],Genie [https://emojipedia.org/genie/],Sauropod (dinosaur) [https:

Google CEO Sundar Pichai responded to feedback [http://time.com/5001656/google-cheeseburger-emoji/] on the weekend about the ingredients in the Android burger emoji saying he will “drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday”. Specifically, Pichai was replying to a tweet from Thomas Baekdal [https://twitter.com/baekdal/

For the first time since I started buying smartphones I'm planning to switch to Android, and there's one thing that had me stuck: iMessage. After mourning that I'd have to give it up, I started looking into alternatives – then remembered that Google's

WhatsApp has replaced Apple's emoji set with a custom set of its own which has now rolled out to all Android users. For years, messaging app WhatsApp has relied upon Apple's emoji set to give users consistent emoji support across iOS, Android, and the web. Now

For those living outside of Japan, emojis have always been a static affair. Skype has animated emojis and Apple is bringing us "Animoji", but the rest of our emojis have tended to keep pretty still. When Apple first added emoji support to iOS, Japanese phones of the day

236 new emojis have arrived on Windows as Microsoft announced [https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/10/17/whats-new-windows-10-fall-creators-update/] the rollout of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to all users from today. 🤩 Star-Struck [https://emojipedia.org/grinning-face-with-star-eyes/], 🤯 Exploding Head [https://emojipedia.org/shocked-face-with-exploding-head/] and 🧐 Face With Monocle [https://emojipedia.org/

iOS 11.1 adds new emojis from Apple, including Giraffe [https://emojipedia.org/giraffe-face/],Face Vomiting [https://emojipedia.org/face-with-open-mouth-vomiting/],Genie [https://emojipedia.org/genie/],Sauropod (dinosaur) [https://emojipedia.org/sauropod/] and more [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-5.0/]. Update 2017-10-31: iOS 11.1 is out now for all iPhone users.

WhatsApp has today unveiled its own emoji set for the first time. Appearing in today's beta release of WhatsApp for Android, this new emoji set appears to be highly inspired by Apple's designs. Above: Some of the new WhatsApp emoji designs in the latest beta. After

Until now, Facebook has had two custom emoji sets: one for Facebook, and one for Messenger. Now there is only one. Or two, depending on how you're counting them. Facebook is replacing the custom Messenger emoji set [https://emojipedia.org/messenger/] with the platform-wide Facebook emoji set [https:

September has come and gone and brought us emoji news including the (leaked) announcement of Apple's Animoji, marketing firms attempting to win us over with emoji in bots, and some breaking news about Facebook discontinuing the Messenger emoji set. All of this can be found in the latest

Samsung has no qualms taking creative liberties with its emojis, even if they sometimes take on an entirely different meaning. For the most part, Samsung's emoji set [https://emojipedia.org/samsung/] falls in line with the names chosen by Unicode, or how other companies display their emojis. But

iOS 11.0 was released to the public today, and it does not contain any emoji updates. Update: iOS 11.1 has new emojis [https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-emojis-in-ios-11-1/] and comes out late October or early November 2017. Apple has promised new emojis by the end of 2017 [https://blog.

Ever wished you could send a video message on iOS; but instead of your own face you look like an emoji? Animoji [https://emojipedia.org/animoji/] might be for you. Announced at the September 12 Apple Event[1], Animoji is a new feature included as part of iOS which sends

Leaked iOS firmware has revealed a new "animated emoji" feature coming to iOS 11 this month which changes appearance based on your facial expressions. Update: Animoji has been announced and here's what we know [https://blog.emojipedia.org/apples-new-animoji/]. 9to5Mac reports [https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/

The Emoji Wrap Podcast is back for season two! After a slight hiatus, we're back with a brand new episode [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com/episodes/e9356052/6-are-you-getting-eclipsed] looking at the latest emoji updates from Google and whatever is happening with Samsung. With special guest Florence Ion [https://blog.

Families with with skin tones from light to dark now have their own emojis on Facebook. 125 new emojis have been added to Facebook which allow black families to be represented in emoji form for the first time on the platform. For instance here is a father and son with

Here it is. The big one. Google has redesigned every emoji in the latest Android release and added all the latest emojis. T-Rex [https://emojipedia.org/t-rex/], Orange Heart [https://emojipedia.org/orange-heart/], Vomit Face [https://emojipedia.org/face-with-open-mouth-vomiting/] and Breastfeeding [https://emojipedia.org/breast-feeding/] are some of the new

We're pleased to announce that Emojipedia now has enabled HTTPS for all users. This means that all data sent between your phone or computer and Emojipedia is encrypted. It's not magic, but we've done the work so you don't have to think

67 new emojis have been listed as "draft candidates" for inclusion in the 2018 emoji set, including softball, mango, salt shaker, and a variation of the much-loved 💩 pile of poo emoji [http://emojipedia.org/pile-of-poo/]. The latest additions were announced [https://twitter.com/mark_e_davis/status/893252405881585664]

It's the emoji question we're asked the most, every single year: > "When are the new emojis coming to iOS?" The short answer: this year. Apple has confirmed to Emojipedia that new emojis are coming to iOS by the end of 2017. Additions include

Over the past year, we've applied emoji data science [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c9OhEqO37I] to studying topics ranging from Brexit [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-emojis-of-great-brexit] to the death of Fidel Castro [https://blog.emojipedia.org/fidel-castros-death-brings-mixed-emotions/] to the true meaning of the peach

You might be looking down at your Android smartphone or tablet and thinking, “Why don’t I have the latest emoji like the rest of my iPhone-using pals?” That’s probably because your device is running an older version of Android. We were all excited when Google was first to

In celebration of World Emoji Day [http://worldemojiday.com], Apple is today sharing a sneak peak [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/07/apple-previews-new-emoji-coming-later-this-year/] at their new emojis for 2017. New emoji designs being previewed today include Woman with Headscarf [http://emojipedia.org/person-with-headscarf/], Bearded Person [http://emojipedia.org/bearded-person/