Apple's iOS 8.3 emoji set to include characters with six different skin tones
10 years, 1 month ago

Apple's iOS 8.3 emoji set to include characters with six different skin tones

Daily Mail  

Apple said in March it would increase diversity of emoji characters The new emoji are being trialled on OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 beta 2 After coming under fire for its lack of diversity in emoji icons, Apple has teamed up with Unicode to release a new set of characters. Santa Clause, for instance, now comes in six different skin colours A set of new emoji characters will also be unveiled, including racially diverse families and same-sex families, according to The Next Web. A pop up menu will then appear giving the user six different skin colour options A set of new emoji characters will also be unveiled, including racially diverse families and same-sex families, according to The Next Web. Leaked images also show a wider range of country flags under the Travel and Places tab, with this emoji set now including flags from 32 countries Last year, Apple revealed it was working to expand the diversity of the hugely popular emoji characters for the iPhone.

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Revealed: The 8 new emoji coming to your iPhone this autumn - including a fingerprint, a face with bags under its eyes, and an unusual flag
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: The 8 new emoji coming to your iPhone this autumn - including a fingerprint, a face with bags under its eyes, and an unusual flag

Daily Mail  

A face with bags under its eyes, a paint splatter, and a human fingerprint are among the new emoji coming to smartphones from this autumn. The new emojis should be arriving on devices in the autumn as long as they get officially approved The new emoji up for approval Face with bags under eyes Human fingerprint Paint splatter Root vegetable …

The 118 new emoji coming to your iPhone in iOS 17.4 - including a lime, a shaking head and four gender-neutral families
1 year, 2 months ago

The 118 new emoji coming to your iPhone in iOS 17.4 - including a lime, a shaking head and four gender-neutral families

Daily Mail  

The new emoji coming to your iPhone later this year have finally been revealed. A lime a shaking head and four gender neural families are among the new emoji available on Apple devices with the latest iOS update. There's also a phoenix, a brown mushroom and a metal chain being broken and smileys shaking their heads up and down The …

Apple, Google's new emojis reflect an inclusive push
5 years, 8 months ago

Apple, Google's new emojis reflect an inclusive push

Live Mint  

Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis that include cute critters, of course, but also expand the number of images of human diversity. Apple Inc. is releasing new variants of its holding hands emoji that allow people to pick any combination of skin tone and gender, 75 possible combinations in all. The nonprofit group, mostly made up …

Apple adding 59 new emojis to its keyboard
5 years, 8 months ago

Apple adding 59 new emojis to its keyboard

Live Mint  

San Francisco: In a bid to bring more diversity to its keyboards, Apple is rolling out 59 new emojis to its keyboard for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches this fall. Furthermore, introducing more disability-themed emojis, Apple keyboards would now have a new guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, wheelchairs, a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg as …

Apple adding 59 new emojis to its keyboard
5 years, 8 months ago

Apple adding 59 new emojis to its keyboard

India TV News  

In a bid to bring more diversity to its keyboards, Apple is rolling out 59 new emojis to its keyboard for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches this fall. Furthermore, introducing more disability-themed emojis, Apple keyboards would now have a new guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, wheelchairs, a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg as well. "Celebrating …

Apple's upcoming software updates to bring over 70 new emojis
6 years, 5 months ago

Apple's upcoming software updates to bring over 70 new emojis

India TV News  

Apple has added 70 new emojis to the developer and public beta previews of iOS 12.1 to make them available as part of the upcoming software updates for iOS, macOS and watchOS. The new emojis include characters for moon cake, red gift envelope, nazar amulet, softball, luggage, compass, a hiking boot to accompany the existing climbing emoji, llama, mosquito, swan, …

Apple to add 70 new emojis to iPhones with iOS 12.1 update
6 years, 5 months ago

Apple to add 70 new emojis to iPhones with iOS 12.1 update

Hindustan Times  

Apple on Tuesday announced that more than 70 new emojis are coming to iOS. The new set of emojis will be part of iOS 12.1 update expected to be rolled out very soon. Apple said these new emojis are being made available to early testers through the latest iOS 12.1 developer preview. iOS 12.1 brings even more characters to the …

Over 150 new emojis to be released on iPhone and Android this year
7 years, 1 month ago

Over 150 new emojis to be released on iPhone and Android this year

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latest update revealed by Emojipedia features over 150 new emojis, including redheads, a llama, a lacrosse …

Here are all 69 emoji arriving on iPhones this fall
7 years, 5 months ago

Here are all 69 emoji arriving on iPhones this fall

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 69 new symbols have been a long time coming — Unicode, the consortium responsible for choosing …

Hijab emoji coming to the iPhone as part of iOS 11.1 update
7 years, 5 months ago

Hijab emoji coming to the iPhone as part of iOS 11.1 update

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The new emoji are designed to reveal every detail and adapted from approved characters in Unicode 10,” …

Apple reveals new emojis such as gender-neutral characters, more emotive smileys and more for iPhone and iPad in iOS 11.1
7 years, 5 months ago

Apple reveals new emojis such as gender-neutral characters, more emotive smileys and more for iPhone and iPad in iOS 11.1

Firstpost  

The emoji will debut at developers and public beta previews of iOS 11 which is next week. With the new software update, Apple will also introduce a slew of new emojis. The new iOS 11.1 update will come with these emojis alongside other characters which were announced during the World Emoji Day such as Woman with Headscarf, Bearded person, breastfeeding, …

In defence of the emoji: How they are helping us to communicate better than ever
7 years, 5 months ago

In defence of the emoji: How they are helping us to communicate better than ever

The Independent  

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Apple announces new emoji for iOS 11 on the World Emoji Day
7 years, 8 months ago

Apple announces new emoji for iOS 11 on the World Emoji Day

Firstpost  

Celebrating the World Emoji Day, Apple on 17 July announced a new set of emoji that will include a woman with headscarf, a breastfeeding mom, a man with a beard and another meditating. More animals and mythical creatures like T-Rex, Zebra, Zombie and Elf are a fun way to describe situations and new Star-Struck and Exploding Head smiley faces make …

Embrace the language of the future: Emoji
7 years, 9 months ago

Embrace the language of the future: Emoji

China Daily  

Nowadays, there are so many ways for people to communicate. Check your answers: "Street-style star" "A-line dress" "I'm/You're not on the list" "Hold up, I/you can't" "No time, don't care, bye" Unlike most languages you're familiar with, emoji effectively has few rules for grammar, vocabulary, syntax or semantics. Although emoji are very different, according to Vyv Evans, a professor of …

Embrace the language of the future: Emoji
7 years, 9 months ago

Embrace the language of the future: Emoji

China Daily  

Nowadays, there are so many ways for people to communicate. Check your answers: "Street-style star" "A-line dress" "I'm/You're not on the list" "Hold up, I/you can't" "No time, don't care, bye" Unlike most languages you're familiar with, emoji effectively has few rules for grammar, vocabulary, syntax or semantics. Although emoji are very different, according to Vyv Evans, a professor of …

iOS emoji update removes suggestive 'peach' picture from iPhones and introduces a shrug character
8 years, 4 months ago

iOS emoji update removes suggestive 'peach' picture from iPhones and introduces a shrug character

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The update makes a huge number of changes to the little characters, changing existing drawings as well …

Emojipedia reveal new characters and a selection could launch on Apple's iPhone 7
9 years, 2 months ago

Emojipedia reveal new characters and a selection could launch on Apple's iPhone 7

Daily Mail  

Cheese-lovers got their wish recently when Unicode released its official cheese emoji, and 2016 could be the year for bacon fans. A flurry of new emoji characters is set to join the ranks of illustrated characters on your phone later this year, including bacon rashers, a terrifying looking clown, a pickle and more. Scroll down for video A flurry of …

Wrestlers, a gorilla and salad among the new emoji coming to phones
9 years, 5 months ago

Wrestlers, a gorilla and salad among the new emoji coming to phones

Daily Mail  

Whisky drinkers, jugglers and paella fans are the latest people to be catered for in next year's emoji line up. THE FULL LIST OF THE 67 NEW EMOJI Faces Food Animals Miscellaneous Hands People Sports Face with cowboy hat Croissant Fox Wilted flower Call me hand Pregnant woman *Wrestlers Clown face Avocado Eagle Scooter Selfie Face palm *Boxing glove Nauseated …

Asians angered by Apple's 'racist' yellow emoji
10 years, 1 month ago

Asians angered by Apple's 'racist' yellow emoji

Daily Mail  

In an effort to better represent society, Apple has revealed a new set of globally diverse emoji that will come in six different skin tones. In an effort to better represent society, Apple has revealed a new set of globally diverse emoji that come in six different skin tones. But many took to Twitter to criticise the option A set …

We're finally getting non-white emoji
10 years, 1 month ago

We're finally getting non-white emoji

Salon  

Great news, fellow emoji users: It looks like our nonverbal communications are about to get a whole lot more inclusive. The Next Web got their hands on some screenshots of Apple’s brand new emoji palette from iOS 8’s most recent beta release, and it seems they took the public's appeals for more pictographic diversity to heart. The new version will …

Emojis get racial diversity with skin tone options
10 years, 4 months ago

Emojis get racial diversity with skin tone options

Firstpost  

A proposal to expand the skin color options for emojis may get the thumbs up from those calling for more diversity in the icons. Emojis are cartoon-like pictograms - such as smiley faces or hearts - that have become popular in texts and online chats to express emotion. Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit organization that sets the standards for these pictograms, …

Apple reveals it is working to bring more diversity to emoji
11 years ago

Apple reveals it is working to bring more diversity to emoji

Daily Mail  

Because the world doesn't have enough Emoji already: Apple reveals it is working to bring even more diversity to the world of smileys Stars including Miley Cyrus have called for more diversity Apple says it is working with the body that controls emoji to expand them Changes would be industry wide and work on all devices Apple has revealed it …

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