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How to access and use emoji on Android
Emoji are a fun way to communicate — or confuse — your friends and family, but if you’ve never used an Android phone, here’s how to use emoji on the Gboard or SwiftKey keyboards.
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Google is releasing 53 new gender neutral emojis
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In an effort to make emoji even more inclusive, Google is about to roll out 53 new gender fluid emojis.
Memoji
Gboard now lets you make an emoji that looks just like you
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Ever wanted to create your very own emoji that looks just like you? Emoji Minis stickers on Gboard now allow you to do just that!
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Android's blob emojis have been revived with new sticker packs
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Google's blob-style emojis were ripped from our hands with Android Oreo, but thanks to new sticker packs for Android Messages and Gboard, you can start using them once again.
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Emojis for people with disabilities have been submitted to Unicode
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Emojipedia reports Apple has submitted a proposal to Unicode for emoji that will "better represent individuals with disabilities."
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Samsung Experience 9.0 makes emoji on Galaxy devices less awful
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Samsung's emoji have always been – unique. Thankfully, the Android Oreo / Samsung Experience 9.0 update makes them look much more similar to universal standards.
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This year's 157 new emoji include kangaroos, toilet paper, feet, and more
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Emoji 11.0 is now official, and it'll add a total of 157 new emoji later in 2018.
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One thing Apple does better than Google: The cheeseburger emoji
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This has caused quite a storm — and some would say rightfully so.
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Disney Emoji Blitz’s keyboard sucks, like most emoji keyboards
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Emoji can be awesome, adorable, and… they can be a big, fat pain in the 🍑. There are a lot of custom emoji keyboards on Android, like Disney Emoji Blitz, and I’m sorry to say they’re all 💩.
Take a Bow
From blah to blob: The history of Android emoji
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A reflection on the yellow-bellied emoji that many of us have come to love over the years.
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Unicode 10 released with 56 new emoji, coming to phones later this year
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The Unicode Consortium finalized the Unicode 10 spec today, introducing 56 new emoji that includes the likes of "bearded man," "mage," "zombie,"T-Rex," and many more.
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The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ will have 646 new emoji
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The newly launched Galaxy smartphones are shipping with Nougat, making them the first Samsung smartphones to include the new Emoji 4.0 right out of the box.
More than empty boxes
A vast majority of Android users still don't have the latest emoji
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Google's inclusive emojis mean nothing if only a small percentage of its users feel represented.
Express Yo'self!
Unicode 9.0 adds 72 new emoji
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Unicode 9.0 is now official, making standard a set of 72 new emoji, 7,500 characters and more.
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An app that uses neural networks to find the perfect emoji
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As the use of emoji grows in regular speech, a new app has tapped into the vast intelligence of neural networks to help you choose the perfect one — faster.
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Have one emoji standard or accept them all
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Google's emoji are pretty divisive. Some people hate the yellow blob people, some of us love the yellow blob people, and the rest of you couldn’t care less since you think emoji are for 12-year-old-girls. But the way Android handles them needs to change.
Diversity through emoji
Google creates new emoji to represent working women
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In an effort to better represent the "pivotal roles women play in the world," a four-member team at Google has proposed 13 new emoji depicting women in various professional roles.
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Google pushes new emoji update to Nexus phones
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As promised, Google has announced that it will soon begin to push the update for Nexus devices that includes all of the new emoji.
Here they come
New emoji will land on Nexus phones next week
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Google has confirmed that beginning next week, Nexus devices will be receiving an update that brings along with it the new emoji everyone has been waiting for.
Giving it a look
Google is looking at adding more emoji to Android
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Seeing your friends play around with the new emoji in iOS and feeling a little jealous? Don't worry, Google's Hiroshi Lockheimer has tweeted that the company has heard your feedback, and that Google is "on it."