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Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
These Are The 9 Emoji Coming To The iPhone, Including One You'll Use A Lot
National Emoji Day falls on July 17 each year. This year, the Unicode Consortium, which decides these things, has announced that Unicode 17.0 will include at least nine new emoji, coming soon. And there's one you might find very useful. Nine new emoji coming soon. The Unicode Consortium is 'the nonprofit behind the Unicode Standard—the foundation that, in short, ensures your text (and emoji!) work across all your devices, around the world. Every year, new characters including emoji are added to the Unicode Standard and after a lot of paperwork are added to your device of choice :),' it says. The New Emoji This year's crop includes a decent range of stuff. There's a great new smiley face, a mythical creature and a playful whale. Here's what to look out for. Note that when Apple releases its emoji, they will look different from this. And in the meantime, you can do create your own using Genmoji. There are four straightfoward emoji: trombone, apple core, ballet dancer and treasure chest. Simple to use: anything to do with music, referring to something that's rotten to the core, a chance to mention how lithe and nimble you are and the financial jackpot you hope to reach. Fight Cloud Then there are two cartoonish ones: a landslide of rocks falling down a cliff (as in, 'I'm going to win this election by a…' and what's called a fight cloud, that classic bubble of dust raised by a strenuous altercation, complete with stars and lightning bolts and lots of momentum. This is useful for when you want to tell a friend that the next time you see a certain person, you won't be friendly. Though, to be clear, there's no justification for actual violence, so get your aggression out with a tiny emoji instead. Hairy Creature Bigfoot And then my two favorites. First, what's described as a hairy creature but looks like nothing so much as Bigfoot, or the Yeti, or whatever you call that mythical beast. Apple will design something special for this, I suspect. Use it to pointedly refer to someone whom you just never see (since they started their new relationship, or whatever your beef is). The Best New Emoji Finally, what the Unicode Consortium calls 'Distorted Face' but which, for me, speaks to us all. Distorted Face Look at the red cheeks, pie-dish eyes, exasperated brows and open mouth. Honestly, I feel like this more often than I'd like to admit. I'm going to be using this a lot, whether to indicate why I'm not coming out tonight, thank you very much for asking, or explaining to my editor why I'm late with a deadline or just for some generalized feeling of ennui. Oh, emoji, you can be so eloquent. When Will We See Them? They could appear any time, but Apple tends not to put new emoji in the first version of its operating system, but it's possible we'll see them before the end of the year.
Hans India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hans India
Apple Launches Emoji Game to Rival Wordle With Smart Clue System
Apple has launched a new daily word game called Emoji Game. It is available on Apple News Plus. The game is similar to Wordle but uses emoji instead of letters. Players get one puzzle each day. They drag and drop emoji into blank spaces to complete words or phrases. The game includes regular emoji and Genmoji. Genmoji are new emoji made using Apple Intelligence. These add more fun and variety to the puzzles. Anyone can try one puzzle each day for free. To unlock more puzzles and older ones, you need an Apple News Plus subscription. To play, your device must run iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, or macOS Sequoia 15.4 or later. Apple will also add the game to the Apple Games app later this year. Apple News Plus costs 12.99 dollars per month after a free trial. It includes magazines, news stories, and other games like mini crosswords and Emoji Game.
Digital Trends
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Apple News+ launches a new Worldle competetor using emojis
Apple News+ has just rolled out a new puzzle game to test your critical thinking skills, but with a unique twist that sets it apart from games like Wordle. Emoji Game is out now for Apple News+ subscribers, which tasks players with decoding a phrase based on a series of emojis. Starting today, July 17, anyone with an Apple News+ subscription will find Emjoi Game added to the suite of other word and puzzle games on the service. Games will feature three phrases that players will need to decode based on a selection of emojis that represent each part of the phrase by dragging them to the correct spots to fill in the blanks. For example, you might be given the beginning of a word as PINE and the emoji of an apple. By dragging the apple into the space, you create PINEAPPLE. You only have six turns to solve the puzzle, but you can also use a built-in hint feature if you're feeling stuck. Recommended Videos Besides just the standard emojis you will already be familiar with, Apple News+ is integrating Genmoji to create new and dynamic emojis to add more variety and complexity to the game. Lauren Kern, editor-in-chief of Apple News, says, 'Emoji Game is the perfect addition to the Apple News+ suite of word and number puzzles, turning the emoji we use every day into a brainteaser that's approachable and fun.' After the phenomenon that was, and still is, Wordle, many other competitors have attempted to recapture that magic to varying degrees of success. Emoji Game has all the same trappings of that hit game, including stats, daily puzzles, and ways to compete with friends, but is doing something unique by utilizing emojis. This will certainly be a new way to stretch your brain muscles, but only time will tell if it manages to catch on as well as Wordle. Emoji Game joins Apple News+'s own daily crossword, Sudoku, and Quartiles games, as well as access to content from over 400 top publications. Emoji Game is available now on iOS inside the Apple News+ app for subscribers, with new puzzles added each day so you can add to your daily routine alongside Connections, Strands, and the other NTY word games.
Tom's Guide
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Apple just launched its answer to Wordle — this could be your new daily obsession
Wordle is one of the biggest things on the internet. Every day, millions of players flock to the NYT to solve the word puzzle, and Apple wants a piece of that daily attention. To combat Wordle, Apple has launched Emoji Game, a daily word puzzle that involves slotting emoji into a puzzle to fill the blanks in various words and phrases. 'Emoji Game is the perfect addition to the Apple News+ suite of word and number puzzles, turning the emoji we use every day into a brainteaser that's approachable and fun,' said Lauren Kern, editor-in-chief of Apple News in a press release. It's not just the standard emoji, as Apple is also including Genmoji, created using Apple Intelligence, into the game. This enables the company to create puzzles that are beyond the reach of the existing emoji library. Like Wordle, Apple News+ members go on each day to play the game. I'm not an Apple News+ subscriber, and I tested the game today, so it appears Apple is offering a sample of the game to get people hooked (or, like Wordle, you can play the game daily, but the archives are limited to News+ members). Considering other games, such as the mini crossword, don't let you play them without a subscription, I'm thinking it's just that Apple is letting the first one out for free. Either way, you must have iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 or macOS Sequoia 15.4 or later if you want to play the game. I do think it's worth updating for, as I enjoyed playing it today and might consider signing up for Apple News+ to continue. In the future, Apple says Apple News+ subscribers will also be able to access Emoji Game this fall through the Apple Games app, which is a sensible place for it to live. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Apple News+ is free for the first month for new subscribers, and then $12.99 per month thereafter. It offers a lot, though, with magazines, news articles and the games we mentioned earlier. You can sign up and find Emoji Game on the Apple News+ website or through the app.
Stuff.tv
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Stuff.tv
Love Wordle? Apple has this new game you might like to try
Even if you're not playing, you're probably already familiar with Wordle. The browser game was flooding social media back in 2022, and it's still extremely popular now that its owned by the New York Times. If you're already a big fan of Wordle and are looking for a similar game to play, Apple may just have the answer. The tech giant's new brainteaser is dubbed the Emoji Game. It officially landed in Apple News+ today, and seriously reminds me of Wordle. But with faces, symbols, and little yellow men. Emoji Game tasks you with filling in blanks in three short phrases using a curated selection of emoji. Each puzzle comes with clues, though using them means you rack up more moves. Fewer moves equals bigger bragging rights, naturally. Oh, and points too – since they matter a bit more. There's even a leaderboard via Game Center, for those who enjoy showing off their emoji fluency to friends and complete strangers. There is a twist as well! You're not just dragging and dropping smiley faces. Some of the emoji come from Apple's own Genmoji stash, courtesy of Apple Intelligence. That means they'll be entirely original creations, that might require a bit more brainwork. At launch, there's a full archive of games you can play, and from now on there'll be daily puzzles. You'll find it tucked into the Puzzles section of the Apple News app. Although, you will need to be a News+ subscriber to play. Apple says there are more games on the way. Plus, it's planning to roll Emoji Game into the upcoming Apple Games app this autumn. If you're already hooked on Apple News+ crosswords or Quartiles, this latest entry might just be the one that pushes you to justify a News+ subscription. If nothing else, it's a new excuse to send screenshots of your gaming prowess to your group chat – since you can share results via Messages, Mail, and social media. Emoji Game is available now for Apple News+ subscribers in the US and Canada. Apple News+ will set you back $12.99/£12.99 per month. You can also get the subscription as part of Apple One.
