Apple’s beta release of iOS 14.5 includes a preview of new emoji coming in the spring, including a heart on fire, an exhaling face and more skin tone variations for emoji including couples kissing. Changes have also been made to the syringe emoji, removing blood to make it more useful for depicting COVID-19 vaccines (perfect …
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Android is giving emoji lovers more ways to mix and match emoji by expanding its Emoji Kitchen feature, Google said in a blog post, Thursday. Emoji Kitchen, which launched in February, lets you combine emoji (think adding a face mask to an alien). The feature will now offer more than 14,000 combinations, up from just a few hundred. You’ll also …
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The latest iOS beta includes several new emoji, including bubble tea, a transgender flag and roller skates, according to a Tuesday blog post by Emojipedia. iOS 14.2 is currently in beta for developer testing, so iOS users should have access to the new emoji sometime next month, the site estimates. The latest additions are also included in the most recent …
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Sure, you might be used to dropping a smiley 😀in a text message or just about any other conversation, but did you know that you can also shed tears of joy 😂in a Google Doc? Expressing yourself though emoticons, or emotional icons, has become so commonplace, it’s inspired everything from plush emoji pillows to The Emoji Movie, which was pretty much …
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Android and iOS users will be able to choose from 117 new emoji to spice up their text messages. Both Google and Apple revealed their versions of the new emoji one day ahead of World Emoji Day on Friday. The new emoji will come to Google’s Android 11 and Apple’s iOS 14 later this year. The emoji additions, which were approved by Unicode as part …
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Come fall, Apple will offer new options for users to customize their Memoji, including new hairstyles and face coverings. The company previewed the features to mark World Emoji Day on Friday. The updates will include 11 new hairstyles such as a man bun, top knot and waves. Users will also be able to choose new color options for face coverings (Apple …
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Amid coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines, video chat app Marco Polo saw a 16x increase in new signups and a 3x increase in activity. To aid in the increase in business costs, the free video chat app is adding a subscription service for users who want to upgrade their service. The new subscription services, called Marco Polo Plus, includes HD video, …
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Facebook is adding a seventh emoji to its group of reactions as the coronavirus pandemic continues to slam civilization. The new “care” emoji, which is a yellow smiley hugging a red heart, will appear on the main app and website globally next week, with a pulsating purple heart on Messenger being rolled out starting today. Alexandru Voica, a tech communications …
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In a move seemingly made for the internet, Apple has begun allowing people to engrave emojis on the charging cases for their $159 AirPods wireless headphones. Fans of the little cartoons used to convey everything from a single emotion to a double entrende in text messaging will now be able to choose an emoji to engrave on an AirPod case …
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Google‘s Play Store reportedly labeled the keyboard app Fleksy as being appropriate only for ages 12 and up because of a middle finger emoji, while Google’s own Gboard app is rated suitable for all ages, despite containing the same emoji. The Fleksy keyboard app has been available in the European Play Store for about eight years and had a rating of …
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