For World Emoji Day and the 2026 World Cup finals, WhatsApp partnered with Adidas to update its ⚽ Soccer Ball emoji to match the official "Trionda" ball. While unusual, this isn't WhatsApp's first sponsored redesign, nor is it the first time their emojis have diverged from standard designs.

Today, WhatsApp began rolling out its latest update for Android devices, version 2.26.8.72. This update introduces support for the Emoji 17.0 recommendations and revised a small number of already-available emojis' designs.

Today, WhatsApp began rolling out its latest update for Android devices, version 2.25.1.75. This update introduces support for the Emoji 16.0 recommendations and revised a single flag emoji's design.

Ahead of World Emoji Day this coming Sunday (July 17), the Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp will be updating its emoji reactions feature for both iOS and Android devices.

WhatsApp have today released a new update for their Android messaging app, bringing support for new emojis like 🫠 Melting Face, 🫡 Saluting Face, 🫶 Heart Hands, and 🪩 Mirror Ball with the app's native emoji set.

WhatsApp has released an update for their Android messaging app, bringing over 200 emoji combinations from late 2019 and late 2020 to the platform's emoji set for the first time. Above: the 242 new emojis included in WhatsApp 2.21.23.23 [https://emojipedia.org/whatsapp/2.21.

WhatsApp for Android's 2.21.16.20 release provided partial support for emojis from late 2020, such as Face in Clouds, Mending Heart, and Heart on Fire. The update did not, however, include the gender-specific Bearded Man or the various Kiss and Couple emoji combinations also recommended

WhatsApp's latest betas releases includes a new flag emoji design: the Refugee Nation Flag. Based on a 2015 design [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee_Nation] by a Syrian refugee, the flag is an unofficial banner of displaced persons the world over. However, it is not currently recommended

The latest version of WhatsApp for Android includes new emojis such as Smiling Face with Tear [https://emojipedia.org/smiling-face-with-tear/] and Pinched Fingers [https://emojipedia.org/pinched-fingers/]. This follows an update in recent months where support was provided new gender neutral emoji support. Above: all of

All 230 new emojis for 2019 were recently added to WhatsApp for Android, as part of the latest version of the popular messaging app. In the fifth emoji update of 2019, WhatsApp 2.19.352 [https://emojipedia.org/whatsapp/2.19.352/new/] is the first release to support Emoji

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

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

WhatsApp has released new emojis for Android, along with design modifications for its native emoji set. The latest update means that WhatsApp users on Android now have access to both the 157 new Emoji 11.0 [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-11.0/] additions from 2018 as well as redesigned versions

WhatsApp has replaced Apple's emoji set with a custom set of its own which has now rolled out to all Android users. For years, messaging app WhatsApp has relied upon Apple's emoji set to give users consistent emoji support across iOS, Android, and the web. Now

WhatsApp has today unveiled its own emoji set for the first time. Appearing in today's beta release of WhatsApp for Android, this new emoji set appears to be highly inspired by Apple's designs. Above: Some of the new WhatsApp emoji designs in the latest beta. After

Today WhatsApp quietly released an update which added support for an Olympic Rings emoji [http://emojipedia.org/olympic-rings/] on iOS and Android. Just in time for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games [https://www.rio2016.com/en], this new emoji appears in the latest update[1] for all users. Interestingly,