Check out the 117 new emoji coming to Apple platforms later this year
The Unicode Consortium on Wednesday announced 117 new emoji that will be added to platforms like Apple's iOS and macOS later this year.
The 117 new emoji approved for release in 2020. Image from Emojipedia.
Additions this year include many new gender-inclusive characters such as an alternative to Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus called "Mx Claus," a man with veil and woman in tuxedo. New animal options like black cat, mammoth and bison will also make an appearance. New food emoji include a bell pepper, flatbread and a tamale.
A full list of Unicode's emoji additions, including previews, was published by Emojipedia. As usual, the images are glossy versions done in Apple's style, but the tech giant's final iterations will likely be reproduced in a different style.
Apple typically updates its available emoji set in point releases of iOS, macOS, watchOS and iPadOS.
Emoji have become an important facet of communicating across iOS and other platforms. As such, Apple sometimes turns the characters into Animoji for use in the promotion of new products like Clips. Earlier this year Apple added the ability to engrave AirPods using a special emoji font.
The 117 new emoji approved for release in 2020. Image from Emojipedia.
Additions this year include many new gender-inclusive characters such as an alternative to Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus called "Mx Claus," a man with veil and woman in tuxedo. New animal options like black cat, mammoth and bison will also make an appearance. New food emoji include a bell pepper, flatbread and a tamale.
A full list of Unicode's emoji additions, including previews, was published by Emojipedia. As usual, the images are glossy versions done in Apple's style, but the tech giant's final iterations will likely be reproduced in a different style.
Apple typically updates its available emoji set in point releases of iOS, macOS, watchOS and iPadOS.
Emoji have become an important facet of communicating across iOS and other platforms. As such, Apple sometimes turns the characters into Animoji for use in the promotion of new products like Clips. Earlier this year Apple added the ability to engrave AirPods using a special emoji font.
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Did anyone else notice the "Piñata" emoji appears to be no less than Clarus the Dogcow?
The piñata is definitely Clarus the dogcow! Moof!!
Reminiscent of the old MSN messenger - lol Just an updated modern view from 98
As it is now, I have a hard enough time finding the facial or hand expression I want, let along having to sift through emojis for every word in the dictionary.
In Messages, it auto suggests emoji based on what you type. Other places you can search for it. It’s not that hard.
A male with a veil? Mx Claus?
How many emojis are there in total now? The list is so big already, it'll probably take a long time just to find a certain emoji that somebody wants to use.
This is not a communication-aid tool any more.
What effort does that save? How does this HELP improve communication?
Now your other comment, about how the utility of this tool has been defeated by the sheer number of glyphs: THAT is correct, and I agree. This tool has been broken by the Unicode consortium’s lack of constraining it to the most useful-to-communication glyphs. It’s not supposed to be about fun or fashion. It’s not supposed to be about covering ever possible idea, animal, shape, or object. The Unicode consortium needs to consult some actual linguists and learn about language because they jumped the 🦈.
I'm talking about a few specific emojis made for weirdos.
And if you agree with me that there are already too many emojis, and they should only cover useful things, then those weirdo emojis are certainly a waste of time and not needed.
I have a small handful of emojis that I picked out a long time ago that I use. Probably around 10 or so.
So I guess that's 2990 emojis that I wont ever bother using. I don't have the time for scrolling through all that nonsense when typing a quick message.