The team at Emoji One [http://emojione.com] have had a busy time since the launch of the 2016 Collection [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-one-launches-2016-collection/] exactly two months ago. In January, a new version [http://emojipedia.org/emoji-one/2.1/] of the open source emoji set was released with seven

The Unicode Consortium has today announced [http://blog.unicode.org/2016/02/unicode-candidate-emoji.html] five new emoji candidates [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-10.0/] for a future release of the Unicode Standard. The candidates are: * Face With One Eyebrow Raised [http://emojipedia.org/face-one-eyebrow-raised/] * Dumpling [http://emojipedia.org/dumpling/] * Fortune Cookie

Today open-source emoji makers Emoji One [http://emojione.com], first launched in September 2014, updated their set of emoji images in a project known as Emoji One: "The 2016 Collection" [https://github.com/Ranks/emojione]. Above: Unicode 8.0 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-8.0/] emojis in the 2016

Twitter on Wednesday rolled out an update to the custom emoji images it calls Twemoji [http://emojipedia.org/twitter/]. In total 787 new emoji characters are supported, and one of the more obvious changes is this: Above: Emoji modifiers are supported in Twemoji 2.0. Unicode 7 [http://emojipedia.org/

Google today launched Android 6.0.1, which is the first release from Google to include new emojis since Android 5.0 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-50-emoji-changelog/] was released in November 2014. Above: Android 6.0.1 contains new emoji images. This update contains 184 new emojis and changes to

Update: Android 6.0.1 has been released. View the changes [https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-6-0-1-emoji-changelog/]. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President of Android, announced [https://twitter.com/lockheimer/status/672206241003937792] an update to the Android emoji font on Twitter yesterday showing the Unicorn [http://emojipedia.org/unicorn-face/], Lion [http://emojipedia.

A new proposal [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15274-emoji-modifiers.pdf] from the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee recommends updating the Sleuth or Spy Emoji [http://emojipedia.org/sleuth-or-spy/] to allow for skin tone modifiers. First introduced [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-1-emoji-changelog/] as part of iOS 9.1, the Sleuth or Spy

Apple has released the iOS 9.1 update for iPhone and iPad, which includes 184 new emojis. This makes iOS the first operating system to include every single emoji in the Unicode Standard. Popular requests included in this release include the volleyball [http://emojipedia.org/volleyball/], taco [http://emojipedia.org/

The folks at Mozilla are hard at work creating a new release of Firefox OS with emoji support. Here's a look at the emojis planned to ship with Firefox OS [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/2.0/] in early 2016. Last month, I asked Patryk Adamczyk[

With Apple due to release iOS 9.1 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-1-includes-new-emojis/] in the coming weeks or months, it's worth noting that the LG G4 handset has supported the full Unicode 7 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-7.0/] emoji set since May 2015. Above: Some of the Unicode

Let me preface this by saying that if you are here to check on the release of the taco [http://emojipedia.org/taco/], middle finger [http://emojipedia.org/reversed-hand-with-middle-finger-extended/], hockey stick [http://emojipedia.org/ice-hockey-stick-and-puck/], or the adorable lion [http://emojipedia.org/lion-face/] emoji on iOS today; you may be

Update October 21 2015: iOS 9.1 has now been released. View the changelog for all the details [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-1-emoji-changelog/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iOS 9.1, released yesterday [http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/09/09/ios-9-1-finally-brings-new-emoji-including-cheese-burrito-and-more/] as a developer preview, includes a bunch of new emojis, primarily from Unicode

Hello, and welcome to 2015: The year that we might view in hindsight as the start of peak display-ad on the web. We're not immune to this at Emojipedia. As much as we love what we do — documenting [https://blog.emojipedia.org/windows-10-emoji-changelog/] emoji changelogs; creating mockups [https:

Some of the most highly requested emoji platforms are now supported on Emojipedia [http://emojipedia.org/]. Our latest site update is now live, including emojis from Samsung, Facebook, and Emoji One. Samsung Firstly, there is the Samsung [http://emojipedia.org/samsung/] emoji set. These glossy emojis appear on devices such

Cracking eggs; a non-spiral sea shell [http://emojipedia.org/spiral-shell/]; that black shirt. And who can forget the gavel emoji. A look at some iPhone emojis [http://emojipedia.org/apple/] from a bygone era as well as what the future holds, in my article at Six Colors [http://sixcolors.com/