Unicode has revealed which new emojis could be finding their way to our standard emoji keyboards late next year. These possible new emojis include a distorted smiley face, an orca, a treasure chest, several ballet dancers, and a Big Foot-inspired "hairy creature".

Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including a harp, a shovel, a splatter symbol, and a face with bags under its eyes.

A smiley face with bags under its eyes, a paint splatter, and a human fingerprint are among the new emoji concepts up for approval. Today, ahead of World Emoji Day 2024 (July 17), we here at Emojipedia have released our traditional sample designs for all the new emoji candidates.

The latest list of emoji recommendations drafted by the Unicode Consortium - Emoji 15.1 - has been formally approved. This means that 118 new emojis should be arriving across our various digital devices over the next year or so.

A Lime, a Head Shaking Vertically, and a Phoenix Bird emoji are amongst the draft emoji candidates up for approval by Unicode this September, as well as a selection of new direction-based people emojis. Ahead of World Emoji Day 2023, we here at Emojipedia have created sample designs for the

Late last year, Unicode announced that it would be delaying the release of Unicode 16.0, instead opting for a streamlined 15.1 released in 2023. In making this announcement, the future of an Emoji 15.1 was initially unclear...

The latest emoji list drafted by the Unicode Consortium is due for formal approval today, with new emojis including a Goose, a Hyacinth, a Shaking Face, and a plain Pink Heart.

Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including Biting Lip [https://emojipedia.org/biting-lip/], Troll [https://emojipedia.org/troll/], Saluting Face [https://emojipedia.org/saluting-face/], as well as two heart-related gestures: Heart Hands [https://emojipedia.org/heart-hands/] and Hand with Index Finger and

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.

217 new emojis have been approved and will come to devices throughout 2021. Additions include a heart on fire [https://blog.emojipedia.org/117-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2020/], face in the clouds [https://emojipedia.org/face-in-clouds/], a woman with a beard [https://emojipedia.org/woman-beard/], and new mixed skin tone options for couples [https:

New emojis will be approved in late 2020, resulting in platform support in 2021. With Unicode 14.0 delayed due to Coronavirus [https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-the-2021-unicode-delay-means-for-emoji/], a minor emoji release known as Emoji 13.1 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-13.1/] will fill the gap for phone users in 2021.

The Unicode Consortium is delaying Unicode 14.0 [https://emojipedia.org/unicode-14.0/] by six months due to COVID-19.  This means that emojis that would have arrived on phones in 2021 will instead roll out in 2022. Does this mean 2021 will be an emoji-free year, and what does it

The Unicode Consortium has today released version 13 of the Unicode Standard. The release includes 55 new emoji characters and 5,875 non-emoji characters. This follows last month's announcement of the final list of 117 new emojis for 2020 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/117-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2020/], and paves the way

The emoji list for 2020 is now complete, with 117 emojis making the final cut for release this year. Additions include Bubble Tea [https://emojipedia.org/bubble-tea/], Smiling Face With Tear [https://emojipedia.org/smiling-face-with-tear/], bottle-feeding parents [https://emojipedia.org/person-feeding-baby/] and the Transgender Flag [https://emojipedia.org/transgender-flag/].[1]

Originally planned for release in 2020, a number of new gender neutral emojis have been moved into a late-2019 update from the Unicode Consortium, following support from 'at least two' major vendors. The creation of Emoji 12.1 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.1/] means an additional 168 emojis

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

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

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/

While iOS users are awaiting the final release of iOS 12.1 with support for Emoji 11.0 (the 2018 emoji update); work continues on the 2019 release of the Unicode Standard. Today's Emoji 12.0 beta announcement from Unicode provides a chance for vendors and implementers to

New emoji candidates including a service dog, deaf people, and mixed race couples were added to the draft emoji list for 2019 at the most recent Unicode Technical Committee meeting. While these candidates aren't guaranteed entry into the Unicode Standard, this is a key step before the final

Unicode 11.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/] arrives on June 5, 2018. This signals the date which companies can begin supporting the new emojis. The final emoji list for 2018 [https://blog.emojipedia.org/157-new-emojis-in-the-final-2018-emoji-list/] was announced back in February, and the underlying release required to make this possible

As work on the the emoji list for 2019 continues, a white heart, flamingo, and maté have been added to the draft candidates list. White heart [https://emojipedia.org/white-heart/] has been one of the most popular emojis requested [https://blog.emojipedia.org/top-emoji-requests-2018/] by Emojipedia users in 2018. This,

157 new emojis [https://blog.emojipedia.org/157-new-emojis-in-the-final-2018-emoji-list/] are coming in 2018, but two of these are already Unicode characters. What does it mean to be turned into an emoji? Included in the new 2018 emoji list [http://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/] is a chess pawn [https://emojipedia.org/black-chess-pawn/

The Unicode Consortium today released version 10.0 of the Unicode Standard. This means that the code points required for new emoji support are now considered final, and stable to be included in updates from major vendors such as Apple [http://emojipedia.org/apple/], Google [http://emojipedia.org/google/], Microsoft

Unicode today announced a proposed update [http://blog.unicode.org/2016/12/proposed-update-utr-51-unicode-emoji.html] which adds support for regional flags[1] such as England, Scotland, Wales[2], or states of the USA. Above: Flags for England, Scotland, and Wales proposed [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-flags-for-england-scotland-and-wales/] in July 2016 may soon