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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Beautiful blob
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.
accessibility and inclusion
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.
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Huge emoji update coming soon, includes zombies, dinosaurs, and vampires
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The Unicode consortium has released a draft of the Emoji 5.0 update, which includes 69 new emoji that will be released in June 2017. The new additions include a T-Rex, fairies, mages, zombies, vampires, genies, mermaids, and much more.
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.
Vampire UFO time
An increasingly diverse set of emoji set to arrive soon
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51 new emoji are up for consideration for inclusion in Unicode 10, with some of the headliners being "bearded man," "milkshake," "breastfeeding," "zebra," "vampire" and "pie."
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.
Heart emoji
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.
Where's my tequila emoji?
Selfie and facepalm emojis are coming to your phone
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Who likes emoji? The Unicode Consortium sure does, which is why it added 72 new candidates that will be available in Unicode 9.0. The latest batch includes a variety of new faces and objects, with the most notable being the selfie, facepalm, bacon, and shrug emojis.
Angry face devil face pitchfork
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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SwiftKey brings new emoji to its beta app
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SwiftKey, the popular keyboard replacement on Android, has updated its beta version to bring initial support for the new emoji that came in Android 6.0.1. You'll need to be running that version of Android and grab the updated beta to use them.
Get it now
Android 6.0.1 factory images are now available
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Factory images for the Android 6.0.1 update containing the new emoji are now available for a variety of Nexus phones and tablets. If you don't want to wait for the over-the-air download, you can grab the files now.