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emojis

  1. Android News

    157 new emoji for 2018 previewed

    The Unicode Emoji 11.0 set is final, adding 157 new emoji to the 2666 we previously had. While we have not yet seen how these will be drawn by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and other vendors, Emojipedia has whipped up a set of sample emoji to present an idea of what they might look like.
  2. Android News

    Google fixes burger, cheese, and beer Emojis in Android 8.1

    A big stink was made about Android's burger emoji in Android 8.0 Oreo. The burger had the cheese on the bottom of the patty. The beer emojis also showed froth coming out of the top of half-empty glasses, as well as cheese with lines in the cheese holes. These atrocities have been fixed in...
  3. Android News

    There's a Change.org petition asking Google to bring back the blob emojis

    Google's blob emojis seem to have a lot of plans because since the announcement of them being redesigned, there's a Change.org petition asking Google to keep them.
  4. Android News

    Google updated emojis in Android 7.0 Nougat, and here they are compared to Marshmallow

    We knew Google was changing up their emojis in Android 7.0, but now that things are finalized we can get a detailed comparison to what has changed. Out are the blobs and in are the humanized emojis with various skin tones as well.
  5. Android News

    Apple is replacing the pistol emoji with a water gun, and Android might too

    It's been announced that Apple will be replacing the pistol emoji with a new emoji of a toy water gun. Some are speculating that Google will follow suit with Android and that they will replace theirs as well.
  6. Android News

    Unicode Emoji Subcommittee approved gender expansion for emojis today

    Google proposed that the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee expand the field of emoji to make for better gender parity. For instance, for 11 working persons emojis, there will be both male and female variants in all the different skin colors. This means there will be over 100 new emojis to choose form...
  7. Android News

    Unicode makes version 9.0 official, adds 72 new emojis

    On June 2nd, Unicode announced version 9.0 and we got a look at the newest 72 emojis that were being added. Today, the organization has officially released it and along with the 72 emojis, we also get an additional 7,500 characters (for a total of 128,172) and it includes six new scripts.
  8. Android News

    Apple and Microsoft reportedly objected to adding a second gun emoji

    Earlier this month, we learned that 72 new emojis would be added to Unicode in version 9.0. Then a little bit later, we learned 2 of the emoji candidates didn't make the cut. One of these emojis were of a rifle and now Buzzfeed is reporting that Apple objected to the idea. The report then says...
  9. Android News

    These 2 emojis weren't approved for Unicode 9, but are already in Android N

    Last week, we learned that 72 of the 74 proposed emoji candidates were approved for Unicode 9.0 and the two that were left out were the modern pentathlon and rifle ones. Interestingly enough, Google had already implemented those candidates in the Android N developer preview. Also, since these...
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    T-Mobile CEO John Legere joins The Pope as the only people with their own hashtag emoji

    Twitter has given John Legere his very own Twitter hashtag Emoji. You'll see a picture of the T-Mobile CEO every time you use #AskJohn. John Legere is only the 2nd person to ever receive their own hashtag emoji, with The Pope being the other. That's not bad company to be in. Companies usually...
  11. Android News

    List of new Emojis coming to the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge

    A list, with images, has been made available that show all of the Emojis that are coming with the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge. It's also noted that these Emojis will be coming to all other Samsung devices that receive the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update.