Eager to see what Android P has in store for your phone? Google just announced its Android P Beta 2, previewing what’s to come with the latest version of Android. The Android P Beta 2 marks the debut of multi-camera APIs. The API lets phones stream from two different physical cameras at the same time. This …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Everyone’s making avatars now: Nintendo started it with its Mii in 2006, on the wildly popular Wii console. Microsoft quickly “borrowed” that idea for Xbox Avatars. Bitmoji — first an independent company, later purchased by Snap — popularized the personalized emojis on mobile …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iPhones and iPads will soon be able to make a 3D emoji of your own face that moves when you do. Apple calls it a “Memoji,” and it’s an offshoot of Animoji, the animated emoji that live inside iMessage in Apple’s iOS 12 …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. You’re not limited to being a robot or a poop emoji anymore — now Apple lets you make your own Animoji, calling it “Memoji.” At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, on Monday, Apple announced new features coming to Animoji, …
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If you’ve ever sent a text and lamented the lack of emojis depicting waffles, sloths, otters and the planet Saturn, you could be in luck. Unicode — the consortium that governs the standard that includes emojis — has 104 proposed Emoji Candidates (60 characters plus variants) that have advanced to Draft Candidate status for a possible release date in 2019. This means …
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If you thought emojis were harmless, well, this one can freeze your iPhone’s ($285 at Amazon) messaging app. A new iMessage bug involving a string of text and the black dot emoji (⚫️) can overload iMessage if sent to your iPhone. The bug was spotted by YouTuber EverythingApplePro, who frames it as a prank to freeze people’s phones. Watch him explain …
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Facebook might be considering upping its emoji game with avatars that rival Snapchat-owned Bitmoji, according to code found hidden in its Android app by a developer. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth computer science student Jane Wong posted images on Twitter that appear to be from within the Facebook app, showing the option to create an avatar as “a whole new way …
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Following news that Google became the latest company to replace its gun emoji with a water pistol, Microsoft tweeted Wednesday it’ll do the same. “We are in the process of evolving our emojis to reflect our values and the feedback we’ve received,” Microsoft said via both spokesperson and tweet. Since 2016 when Apple did away with its pistol in favor …
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Android users opting for a gun emoji might notice the gray and brown pistol has morphed into a colorful toy water gun. The update is rolling out to Android users, Emojipedia reported Tuesday. “We’re always evaluating our emoji designs to ensure that messages are displayed consistently across platforms,” a Google representative said via email. Google isn’t the first to replace …
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What’s the Galaxy S9’s least loved feature? That’s easy: AR Emoji, the Samsung exclusive that whips up 3D avatars. It’s a pretty transparent imitation of the iPhone X’s 3D animoji characters — fox, monkey, swirl-capped turd — but with one major, absolutely crucial difference: You. While, yes, you can become a character like Donald Duck, you can also make Samsung’s …
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