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CNET
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Get Ready for These New Emoji, Which Are Coming Out This Fall
The Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit devoted to developing, maintaining and promoting software standards and data, and it also releases new emoji once a year. And on July 17, also known as World Emoji Day, Unicode announced that the newest emoji will debut this September as part of Unicode 17.0. Here are the new emoji you can expect to see later this year. Trombone Treasure chest Distorted face Hairy creature (Sasquatch) Fight cloud Apple core Orca Ballet dancers Landslide "These new emoji have long-standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive and contain multitudes of expression," the Unicode Consortium wrote online. These new emoji were proposed in November 2024. According to Unicode, the data files for these emoji will be made available this fall as part of Unicode 17.0. Then, the emoji will likely appear on your device in spring 2026. Emojipedia, an online encyclopedia of emoji managed by people who research emoji, announced on World Emoji Day that the distorted face emoji won the award for Most Anticipated Emoji 2025. In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as well as across the internet. Correction, July 18: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of emoji that had been approved for the Unicode 17.0 update. Unicode has since confirmed that nine emoji have been approved, including the Landslide emoji. For more on emoji, here are all the emoji award winners for 2025, the favorite emoji among the CNET staff and how to decipher every emoji.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Check out these 8 new emojis coming with iOS 26, here's when they'll drop on iPhones
Emoji lovers, buckle up, the Unicode Consortium has just dropped a brand-new batch of emojis under Unicode 17.0, and Apple fans are in for a ride. The upcoming iOS 26 update is expected to include 8 new characters that range from bizarre to kinda genius. From a fluffy 'Hairy Creature' to a 'Distorted Face' that screams internal panic, these emojis are bringing some much-needed spice to our keyboards. 8 new emojis are coming for your screens, and they are wild And yes, the release was timed perfectly with World Emoji Day, because why not flex new pixels on the most emoji-obsessed day of the year? Here's what you'll be getting The Unicode 17.0 set includes: Apple Core Ballet Dancers Distorted Face Fight Cloud Hairy Creature Orca Trombone Treasure Chest Basically, it's giving chaotic, aesthetic, and totally memeable energy. That 'Fight Cloud'? Already destined to replace the passive-aggressive '😤' in your family group chat. And the 'Distorted Face'? Perfect for every time Mercury goes retrograde and ruins your life. When will these emojis drop on iPhones? While the emojis are officially approved, don't expect them to show up on your phone immediately. Apple likes to do its own thing, translating these into their unique emoji style and slipping them into iOS updates whenever they feel like it. Sources say these icons could appear in the initial iOS 26 rollout. But if history repeats itself, like with Unicode 16.0 (which only showed up on iPhones in iOS 18.4, months later), you might be waiting until a later update like iOS 26.1 or 26.2. Patience is a virtue… or just go make your own with Genmoji. Android users, you're getting them too Android is not missing the party. Google might roll out these newbies with the Android 16 QPR1 update. Pixel fam, keep your eyes peeled. Until then, get your group chats ready. Emoji chaos is about to begin.
CNET
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Here's Your First Look at the 9 New Emoji Coming Out This Fall
World Emoji Day is held every year on July 17 because that's the day on the 📅 calendar emoji. This year, the Unicode Consortium -- a nonprofit devoted to developing, maintaining and promoting software standards and data -- used the day to announce the newest emoji. The upcoming emoji, which include a Sasquatch and an orca, will debut this September as part of Unicode 17.0. Here are the new emoji you can expect to see later this year. Trombone Treasure chest Distorted face Hairy creature (Sasquatch) Fight cloud Apple core Orca Ballet dancers Landslide "These new emoji have long-standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive and contain multitudes of expression," the Unicode Consortium wrote online. These new emoji were proposed in November 2024. According to Unicode, the data files for these emoji will be made available this fall as part of Unicode 17.0. Then, the emoji will likely appear on your device in spring 2026. Emojipedia, an online encyclopedia of emoji managed by people who research emoji, announced on World Emoji Day that the distorted face emoji won the award for Most Anticipated Emoji 2025. In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as well as across the internet. Correction, July 18: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of emoji that had been approved for the Unicode 17.0 update. Unicode has since confirmed that nine emoji have been approved, including the Landslide emoji. For more on emoji, here are all the emoji award winners for 2025, the favorite emoji among the CNET staff and how to decipher every emoji.
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
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hans India
Bigfoot Joins the Next Emoji Lineup Arriving in 2026
On World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium has given emoji fans something to look forward to with a sneak peek at new designs coming next year in Unicode 17.0. Among the standout additions? Bigfoot — officially called the 'hairy creature.' The fresh batch includes fun new icons like an apple core, ballet dancers, a distorted face, a fight cloud, an orca, a treasure chest, and a trombone. Unicode's Erik Thompson confirmed the new emoji will 'likely' land on devices by spring 2026. Though that seems far off, designing and approving emoji is a surprisingly complex process. To celebrate World Emoji Day, Apple has launched an exclusive emoji word game for Apple News Plus subscribers. Emojipedia has also relaunched letting users track real-time emoji trends around the globe. This new set is bound to add extra fun to everyday messages — and Bigfoot might just become everyone's new favourite.
