As per Emojipedia, there are in fact just seven new basic emojis: Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Orca, Hairy Creature (think Bigfoot), Trombone, Landslide, and Treasure Chest. The 163 figure comes from ...

In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as ...

These were among the new emojis announced this week by the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit that provides standards for text on the internet and oversees emojis. The list — which includes 59 new ...

Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, and while the update didn't include any new emoji, a future iOS 26 update will bring nine new emoji to your iPhone. On July 17, also known as World Emoji Day, the ...

Today is World Emoji Day. Did you know that was a thing? I did not, but this July 17 is the fourth year that people around the world are celebrating the little icons by sharing their favorite emoji on ...

An emoji expert has shared his predictions for 2026's emoji trends - and why Taylor Swift might have influenced this without even knowing. Keith Broni, 36, is an expert in all things emoji - and has ...

Can you imagine a world where you text without emojis? Here’s how it all started. Japanese characters, or "kanji," are largely based on Chinese ideograms, whose writing system is already highly ...