Apple reveals 59 new iPhone emojis coming this fall
New emoji characters are coming to iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch this fall.
To celebrate the recently passed World Emoji Day, Apple revealed a selection of new emojis coming this fall, depicting the newest designs that bring more diversity to the keyboard, plus additions to the already available categories of food, animals, activities and smiley faces.
In a major update to the Holding Hands emoji typically used to represent couples and relationships, users will now be able to select a combination of skin tone, in addition to gender, to personalize the people holding hands, opening up more than 75 possible combinations.
Powerful updates to emoji encourage more inclusion and diversity
Following Apple’s proposal to the Unicode Consortium last year to introduce more disability-themed emoji, a new guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, wheelchairs, a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg will be available in the emoji keyboard. Celebrating diversity in all its many forms is integral to Apple’s values and these new options help fill a significant gap in the emoji keyboard.
New disability-themed emoji provide a more inclusive experience for all
Many additional emoji categories are getting exciting updates with a new smiley face for yawning, a one-piece swimsuit, new food items including a waffle, falafel, butter and garlic, and new animals like the sloth, flamingo, orangutan and skunk.
The sloth, flamingo, skunk and orangutan are new additions to the animal category
Food lovers have more ways to communicate with the waffle, falafel, butter and garlic emoji.
Emoji of waffle, falafel, butter and garlic
New emoji coming this fall include a new yawning face.
Four emoji including yawning face, one-piece swimsuit
Beautifully designed banjo, parachute, kite and yo-yo reveal every detail.
Emoji of banjo, parachute, kite and yo-yo
The sloth, flamingo, skunk and orangutan are new additions to the animal category. Food lovers have more ways to communicate with the waffle, falafel, butter and garlic emoji. New emoji coming this fall include a new yawning face. Beautifully designed banjo, parachute, kite and yo-yo reveal every detail.
Fifty-nine new emoji designs will be available this fall with a free software update for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Thousands of emoji are currently available, including emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, more professions, various clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures and more. New emoji are created based on the approved characters in Unicode 12.0.
(Source: Apple)
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