by Juli Clover
In the second iOS 18.4 beta that Apple released today, there are a selection of new emoji characters, including bags under eyes, fingerprint, leafless tree, root vegetable, harp, shovel, and splatter.
The emojis are part of the Unicode 16 Standard that was released in September 2024.
It often takes Apple several months to create artwork for new emoji characters that are approved, so it is no surprise that we're not seeing the September 2024 emoji until now.
Apple last added new emoji with the iOS 17.4 update that came out in March 2024, introducing lime, an edible brown mushroom, a phoenix, a broken chain, shaking head vertically (as in a "yes" nod), and shaking head horizontally (a "no" head shake).
Next year, we'll get the Unicode 17 emoji, and those characters include hairy creature (like Bigfoot), distorted face, fight cloud, apple core, orca, trombone, landslide, and treasure chest.
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Top Rated Comments
staypuftforums
2 days ago at 11:28 am
Can’t innovate anymore, my ass.
Eggplant emoji + splatter emoji… we think you’re going to love it.
Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
carrrrrlos
2 days ago at 11:23 am
Glad to see Apple’s keeping up w/ emoji dev. I mean, why spend time on ai right?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
It’s always something
2 days ago at 11:24 am
Who is still using emojis at this point? My whole group chat uses gifs. Much more fun and expressive.
I use and prefer emojis ?
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WarmWinterHat
2 days ago at 11:59 am
Who is still using emojis at this point? My whole group chat uses gifs. Much more fun and expressive.
Everyone I know.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
chrono1081
2 days ago at 11:57 am
Emoji’s is what Apple considers innovation these days! Hamsters running the asylum.
This rhetoric is exhausting. Apple is simply conforming to the Unicode standard. Apple doesn’t make the emoji the Unicode consortium determines what is created, tech companies simply conform.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
PsykX
2 days ago at 12:12 pm
Glad to see Apple’s keeping up w/ emoji dev. I mean, why spend time on ai right?
For the 1,000 time, the design team and the AI team are not the same team...
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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