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World Emoji Day 2019

Happy #WorldEmojiDay 2019 🎉 Here at Emojipedia we're be celebrating in a few ways. The National Museum of Cinema Emojipedia partnered with the National Museum of Cinema in Turin for an exhibition [http://www.museocinema.it/en/exhibitions/facceemozioni-1500-2020-physiognomy-emojis] launching today (July 17). The exhibition looks at physiognomy [https:

World Emoji Award Winners for 2019

Emojipedia has run the World Emoji Awards [http://worldemojiawards.com] on World Emoji Day [https://worldemojiday.com] each year since 2017. These look at which new emojis are popular or most loved, by way of voting or statistics. It's official: the most popular new emoji is 🥰 Smiling Face

Apple Emoji Update

Apple Reveals New 2019 Emojis for World Emoji Day

Apple has shown its new emoji collection for 2019 for the first time, in celebration of World Emoji Day [http://worldemojiday.com]. Approved earlier this year by the Unicode Consortium, t [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/]he 2019 updates [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] include a number of popular additions

Unicode Emoji Update

Emoji Color Variations Under Consideration by Unicode

The Unicode Consortium today announced the possibility of color variations within the emoji character set, to be discussed at the forthcoming Technical Committee meeting. Until now, Unicode has taken the position that each emoji should not be too specific where possible, and that one emoji should represent an entire category

WhatsApp Emoji Update

WhatsApp 2.19.175 Emoji Changelog

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

JoyPixels Emoji Update

JoyPixels 5.0 Emoji Changelog

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

Emoji Deep Dive

What Does The 🙃 Upside-Down Face Emoji Mean? [Emojiology]

Whenever I share the work I do in defining emoji for Emojipedia, I inevitably meet a two-part response. First, people fawn over their faves. Hearts, smiles, and, yes, poo 💩 pile high among them. Then, they flick on their phones and present to me a character that has been confounding them.

Memoji Upgrades Coming to iOS 13

Apple today announced a range of improvements to Memoji functionality including new customization options and integration of Memoji into the emoji keyboard. Coming to iOS 13 later this year, these Memoji updates allow customization of teeth, makeup, jewellery, and even AirPods. In a big usability enhancement, no longer do you

Microsoft Emoji Updates

Windows 10 May 2019 Update Emoji Changelog

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 Emoji Update

First look: Google’s 2019 Emoji Update

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.

Emoji Deep Dive

What Does The 🙏 Folded Hands Emoji Mean? [Emojiology]

As clever as the explanation may be, the children’s game of tag is not short for touch and go. Something posh, or luxurious and stylish, isn’t so called because swankier cabins on ships traveling between Britain and India were once located port outward, starboard home. And no, shipping

Twitter Emoji Updates

Twemoji 12.0 Emoji Changelog

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

Emoji Deep Dive

What Does The 👿 Angry Face With Horns Emoji Mean? [Emojiology]

While we may be seeing greater convergence in their overall design, emojis still have variations in their appearance across platforms that can significantly alter their tone and personality. In a playful exercise earlier this month, we analyzed the temperament of two such emojis—👼 Baby Angel and 👿 Angry Face With Horns—

Apple Emoji Update

iOS 12.2 Emoji Changelog

Summary: No new emojis, two minor changes, and one almost imperceptible change in Apple's latest iOS release. iOS 12.2 [http://emojipedia.org/apple/ios-12.2/changed/] is out now and here's what's new in the updates to Apple's emoji set. Changed

Google Emoji Update

Google's Three Gender Emoji Future

Coming to Android this year: a third gender option for emojis such as Police Officer [https://emojipedia.org/police-officer/], Zombie [https://emojipedia.org/zombie/], Person Facepalming [https://emojipedia.org/face-palm/], Construction Worker [https://emojipedia.org/construction-worker/] and People With Bunny Ears [https://emojipedia.org/woman-with-bunny-ears/]. Revealed by Google in a

Early Emoji Design History

Apple's Emoji Evolution 1997—2018

Since updating the Emojipedia archives with the SoftBank emoji set from 1997 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/correcting-the-record-on-the-first-emoji-set/], it's a good time to now show how this original set of 90 emojis released over two decades ago has a direct lineage to the emoji set used on iOS today.

Early Emoji Design History

Correcting the Record on the First Emoji Set

Until now, Japanese phone carrier Docomo has most often been widely [https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/03/26/meet-shigetaka-kurita-the-father-of-emoji/] credited [https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world] as the originator of what we know as emoji today. It turns out, that might not be the case, and

WhatsApp Emoji Update

WhatsApp 2.19.62 Emoji Changelog

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.

WhatsApp Emoji Update

Transgender Pride Flag Emoji Hidden in Latest WhatsApp

The latest version of WhatsApp includes a Transgender Pride flag [https://emojipedia.org/transgender-pride-flag/], hidden from the emoji keyboard. This is created using a ZWJ sequence [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-zwj-sequences/] of the 🏳️ White Flag [https://emojipedia.org/waving-white-flag/] emoji and ⚧ Male with Stroke and Male and Female Sign [https://emojipedia.

Unicode Emoji Update

What's New in Unicode 12.0

The Unicode Consortium has today released version 12 of the Unicode Standard. The release includes 61 new emoji characters and 493 non-emoji characters. This follows last month's announcement of the final list of 230 new emojis for 2019 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/230-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2019/], and paves the way for

Facebook Emoji Update

This Emoji Actives Messenger Dark Mode

Facebook Messenger has a new dark mode that can be activated by sending the 🌙 Crescent Moon emoji [https://emojipedia.org/crescent-moon/] in any message thread. Once the 🌙 emoji has been sent, a message appears noting that Dark Mode can now be turned on (or off) in Settings. This tip comes

Emoji Wrap Podcast

Senior Emoji Lexicographer on Emoji Wrap

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast John Kelly (Senior Emoji Lexicographer at Emojipedia) joins me to discuss the latest emoji happenings. “Hot takes galore on the internet with the new emoji release, how to spot a PR campaign, and officer I'm calling about a car with

Sorry, London Times, the Kids These Days Aren't Using 🛀 for ⚰️

On Friday, February 22, the London Times ran an article [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3444dd84-361d-11e9-b41a-ec1745518ba6] on emojis that made many of us go 😂, 🙃, or 🤔 online. > The Times emoji explainer is killing me. 🍆 🍑 🔥 pic.twitter.com/uA8Th2Mc62 [https://t.co/uA8Th2Mc62] — Latika M Bourke (@latikambourke) February 22, 2019

Emoji Requests

Top Emoji Requests 2019

Earlier this month 230 new emojis were approved [https://blog.emojipedia.org/230-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2019/] for release in 2019; but what about all the other requests? The number one emoji wanted by Emojipedia users is “happy tears”: an emoji to show a sense of being proud or emotional in a happy way.

Samsung Emoji Update

Samsung One UI 1.0 Emoji Changelog

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