Google has finalized the designs for its latest emoji update, meaning that brand new 2021 emojis such as Melting Face and Heart Hands will soon be coming to its various platforms.

Earlier today, as part of the Android Developer Summit, Google announced the release of a developer preview of Android 12L - a version of Android 12 designed for larger devices. Android 12L also includes our first look at 2021's emoji recommendation, such as Melting Face and Heart Hands,

There's an orange heart. A purple heart. A blue one. Even a brown heart. So why no pink heart emoji? For those who have asked this very question, there is good news on the horizon: a pink heart emoji has passed its first hurdles and could now be

Why does a site that informs you that 🍆 Eggplant means “penis” belong in a government-funded library?

As we once again approach the spooky side of October, certain emojis are getting the time to ✨shine✨. Or ✨gLoW eeRIly✨, as the case may be. Halloween emojis [https://emojipedia.org/halloween/] consistently trend on social platforms like Twitter in October, especially for classics like 🎃 Jack-O-Lantern [https://emojipedia.org/jack-o-lantern/

Microsoft users subscribed to the Windows Insiders program can now install beta build introducing the much-anticipated new Fluent emoji set. However these look different to those originally previewed for World Emoji Day in July 2021. Update: Microsoft's new 2D Fluent emoji set is now available [https://blogs.windows.

Released today, Windows 11 introduces over 250 emojis to Microsoft's flagship platform. However, as of today's release, Windows 11 continues to display emojis in Microsoft's previous thick-outlined style instead of debuting the much-previewed Fluent emoji redesign. Windows 11 introduces 255 emojis to Microsoft'

For World Emoji Day in July 2021, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 would introduce a completely new aesthetic [https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-fluent-emoji-designs-from-microsoft/] to the platform's emoji designs. Dubbed the Fluent emoji set, these designs have been much-hyped ahead of today's Windows 11 release. Yet these

Once merely a decorative set of stars indicating newness or cleanliness, the sparkles emoji has become the go-to markup for ✨emphasis✨, ✨sarcasm✨ or ✨mocking✨ on TikTok and other platforms.

Two new emojis have been welcomed into the world: Pregnant Man and Pregnant Person. They join 🤰 Pregnant Woman, which has been an emoji since 2016. Released this week by the Unicode Consortium as part of Emoji 14.0, the new pregnancy options may be used for representation by trans men,

WhatsApp for Android's 2.21.16.20 release provided partial support for emojis from late 2020, such as Face in Clouds [https://emojipedia.org/face-in-clouds/], Mending Heart [https://emojipedia.org/mending-heart/], and Heart on Fire [https://emojipedia.org/heart-on-fire/]. The update did not, however, include the gender-specific Bearded

After years of their devices using Google’s Android emoji designs, LG have revived and expanded their own emoji set for select mobile devices. Yet despite its unexpected return, it is unlikely that the LG emoji set will see further future updates. Above: a selection of the emojis that made

Samsung's latest Android software layer One UI 3.1.1 has updated a handful of previously-available emojis, with these new designs also being made available to select devices running One UI 3.1. Samsung One UI 3.1.1 does not include any brand new emojis from late

First seen in July of this year, Facebook's latest emoji update is now available for a majority of users across the globe. The update includes over 200 brand new emojis, such as the Face with Spiral Eyes [https://emojipedia.org/face-with-spiral-eyes/] and 2021's Most Popular New

With the uncertain and ongoing situation in Afghanistan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)] right now, one question that arises with consistency at times like this relates to the flag. If the flag of Afghanistan changes: what happens to the emoji? The short version is this: * Emoji

You might have already seen the news [https://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id=658040]: Emojipedia is now a part of Zedge [https://www.zedge.net]. What this means for you today is (🥁 drumroll please): Not a lot. The same team remains running Emojipedia [https://emojipedia.org/about/], both in

Happy World Emoji Day! Held on July 17 every year, here’s our quick rundown on the day, and what has been announced this year. 🌎📅🥳 Why July 17th? It's all about the 📅 Calendar [https://emojipedia.org/calendar/] emoji: > Q: Which came first? 👉July 17 on the 📅 Calendar

Google has shown off its latest emoji release, revising nearly 1,000 designs making them clearer at small sizes, more accurate, or more cross-platform compatible. Just in time for World Emoji Day, this overhaul continues efforts refine and improve the emoji set provided by Google for use on (non-Samsung) Android

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Android users tired of missing out on the latest emoji releases? An announcement from Google today talks of bringing emoji update features into a popular app library, with the goal of ensuring more apps get new emoji support, sooner. There

For the first time, animated emoticons found in Skype and Microsoft Teams now appear alongside equivalent emojis from other platforms on Emojipedia. Released in time for World Emoji Day, this shows the ongoing effort to align Skype's emoticon set with the standardized Unicode-compatible emoji set. Animation isn'

New emoji designs from Microsoft are being shown today as a preview ahead of World Emoji Day. These designs are a long way from the existing thick-outlined set currently available on Windows, which have proved contentious over the years. Details have been shared on the Microsoft Design blog [https://medium.

A saluting face [https://emojipedia.org/saluting-face/], biting lip [https://emojipedia.org/biting-lip/], coral [https://emojipedia.org/coral/] and a low battery [https://emojipedia.org/low-battery/] are among the emojis up for approval later in the year. These are currently draft candidates for the next emoji release versioned Emoji 14.

Global emoji use has reached an all-time high, with more than one in five tweets now containing an emoji. This has increased from an emoji in every six tweets in 2019, and one-in-ten tweets in 2014. This latest increase in emoji use comes in the same month as World Emoji

After England's football team lost the final of the European Championships last night, racist 'fans' flooded Bukayo Saka's Instagram comments with monkey emojis [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bukayo-saka-racist-england-sancho-rashford-b1882303.html] . You know how the rest goes. Moderation stuggles to keep up.