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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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—

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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

In this month's Emoji Wrap podcast [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com/3129d111] 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'

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

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.

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

Earlier this month, the Unicode Consortium debuted its final list of new emojis for 2019—and we debated it. Some men felt challenged by what Pinching Hand implied about their bodies while some women challenged Drop of Blood for not being explicit enough about theirs. If I see this next

The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by the Unicode Consortium and includes a total of 230 new emojis [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] coming to major platforms this year. Additions include previously drafted [https://blog.emojipedia.org/white-heart-flamingo-added-as-emoji-candidates/] candidates such as a Flamingo [https://emojipedia.org/

Twitter has today begun to roll out a new update to its native Twemoji emoji set: Twemoji 11.3. The first update to the vendor’s designs in 2019, it features a series of minor adjustments to several previously-released emoji designs. Above: a selection of the revised emoji designs featured

Today EmojiOne has released a new version of its emoji suite, updating a considerable number of pre-existing emoji designs: a now well-established practice for the freemium [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-one-goes-freemium/] emoji vendor. First previewed in October 2018 [https://twitter.com/emojione/status/1055185820427018240], no new emojis are featured within