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CNET
3 days 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.
CNET
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
These Are CNET's Favorite and Most-Used Emoji. Did Yours Make the List?
Every July 17, the internet comes together and celebrates World Emoji Day. The date was chosen because it's displayed on the 📅 calendar emoji, but it's a day to appreciate all emoji, even the more obscure ones, like the 🫙jar. And in honor of the internet holiday, I asked my colleagues at CNET what their favorite and most used emoji are. The rules for voting were simple: You could only vote once for your favorite emoji and once for your most-used emoji. There was more variety in the category of favorite emoji since individual tastes are subjective, while there was more homogeneity among most used emoji -- not surprising in a work environment. But smileys dominated both lists, making up over half of the selections for favorite emoji and just under half of the selections for most used emoji. Yes, I voted in the poll, and, no, my creative genius didn't top either of our lists. So without further ado, here are some of CNET's favorite and most used emoji and what those emoji mean. 2 emoji were tied for our favorite, and the vibe is 'everything's fine' CNET staffers' favorite emoji include the melting face and heart hands emoji. Emojipedia There were two emoji that came on top for the favorite emoji at CNET. The 🫠 melting face and 😬 grimacing face each had about 10% of the vote, making them the two favorite emoji of CNET staffers. According to Emojipedia, melting face can be used for sarcasm or to convey a sense of embarrassment or a slowly sinking sense of dread. "Melting smiley face is just a perfect encapsulation of when you're on the verge of a meltdown from things going awry but you have to keep smiling through it all," said CNET Editor-at-Large Bridget Carey, who voted for the melting face. "It's just a delightfully cartoonish expression when I'm juggling too many things as a working parent and there's chaos in the world, because when everything feels like it's failing, I just want to laugh through it." And the grimacing face can be used for nervousness or awkwardness, as well as other negative or tense emotions. "New tariffs? ICE raids? Layoffs? The grimacing emoji is here to say 'people really didn't think this through' and 'way to pour gasoline on a fire' all in brief unicode," said CNET senior writer David Lumb, who voted for the grimacing face emoji. "The grimacing emoji reflects all this totality with unflinching acknowledgment -- a 'well, this might as well happen' that's ambiguous enough to cover a lot of situations." That means CNET's two favorite emoji can be used to convey negative emotions. Does that mean we're all struggling with feelings of nervousness at any given time, or always anxious? I can't speak for everyone on staff, but I'm my anxiety is through the roof right now. Screenshot by Zachary McAuliffe/CNET Some people really surprised me with their favorite emoji The grimacing emoji is one of the favorite emoji among CNET staffers. Google While most favorite emoji were smileys, there were a few votes that seemed unusual. I'm thinking in particular of the two people who responded that their favorite emoji was the 🧌 troll and 💺 seat emoji. The troll emoji can refer to an internet troll or trolling someone, so I understand and appreciate the usage there. But some people see this emoji as more than just trolling around. "There's something about his generally unhinged yet whimsical design that feels perfectly applicable to any interaction," said CNET Analyst Ellen Nelson, who voted for the troll emoji. "He's me on a Monday morning or a sarcastic response to my friends' ridiculous texts. I love his awkward grin and unruly hair paired with an all-powerful wooded scepter." I agree with Nelson. Who hasn't felt the way this troll looks on a Monday or on the first day back to work from a long vacation? And the seat emoji is… well, it's just a seat, but it can mean more to certain people. "I love the seat emoji because to me it represents travel!" said CNET Senior Producer Wesley Ott, who voted for the seat emoji. "I'm not sure whether it is a train, plane or something else, but boy, does that seat look comfortable." The good news is that Ott's right on the money. Emojipedia says the term "seat" can refer to a fixed seat on mass transit, like a bus or plane seat. At the end of the day, Ott's right; it sure does look like a comfy seat. CNET's most-used emoji shows how versatile emoji can be The folded hands emoji was voted the most used emoji by the CNET staff. Emojipedia While there was a tie for favorite emoji at CNET, one emoji received about 20% of the votes for most-used emoji, and that is the 🙏 folded hands emoji. While this emoji can be understood to mean prayer, it can also be interpreted in other ways. A common meaning of the folded hands emoji is as a stand-in for a high five. According to Emojipedia, this understanding of the emoji started on Twitter around January 2012 before taking off in earnest more than a year later in July 2013. However, some early designs of the emoji included rays of light behind the hands or people bowing with their hands clasped together in prayer. The folded hands emoji has also been used at times to connote someone begging or requesting something. And in some cases this emoji has been used to say "thank you," as exemplified in this cat gif. Importantly, neither of these understandings of the folded hands emoji are wrong. Language -- and by extension emoji -- is an ever-evolving thing. Which is great, because I'll continue to use the emoji to mean a high-five and you can't stop me. Screenshot by Zachary McAuliffe/CNET CNET staffers ❤️ our heart emoji Emojipedia Besides the prevalence of smileys across favorite and most used emoji, I also noticed that heart-related emojis were the second most represented emoji overall. The 💜 purple heart and 🫶 heart hands emoji both had votes as people's favorite emoji, and the 💖 sparkling heart, ❤️ red heart, 💛 yellow heart and 🖤 black heart all appeared in the most used emoji tally. Each heart emoji can be interpreted as showing love toward others, but some can be understood in other ways. For example, Emojipedia says the black heart can be used to convey "morbidity, sorrow, or a form of dark humor," while the purple heart can be used to reference the Purple Heart medal awarded in the US military to soldiers who were wounded or killed in action. If you've seen the hit Netflix show Adolescence, some of the heart emoji might look familiar. In the show, the teenage character Adam explains what different colored hearts mean to younger people. In Adolescence, a red heart is easily understood as love, but the yellow heart is more of a question, meaning, "I'm interested in you, are you interested in me?" And the purple heart means a person is horny -- so, you know, maybe don't use that emoji all over the place. But some people just want to spread positivity with their heart-related emoji, especially after they feel other emoji are co-opted by unsavory folks. "After tech bros corrupted my beloved sparkles emoji by making it visually synonymous with AI, there was an opening," said CNET writer Katelyn Chedraoui, who voted for the heart hands emoji. "The heart hands emoji glided through that window and into my life. I make heart hands all the time in real life, and I love spreading the joy online, too." CNET's favorite emoji are just as diverse as emoji themselves These are some of the favorite and most used emoji among the CNET staff in 2025. A person's favorite emoji is a personal choice, but communal experiences shape what each emoji means. Something could happen between now and this time next year to send the melting and grimacing faces tumbling from the top spots. The pandemic caused the 🦠 microbe emoji to shoot up in popularity in 2020, for example. So who knows, maybe the 😴sleepy face emoji will rise to the top and usher in an era of self-care and taking lots of naps. Or maybe the long-awaited orca whale, expected to come this fall, will make a big splash. For more on emoji, here's how to decipher them, the latest approved emoji and how to react to messages with emoji on your iPhone.
RNZ News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji
Photo: Supplied/ Emojis are the world's newest language - but where did they come from, where are they going, and what do they mean? We are surrounded by emoji. They appear in politics, movies, drug deals, and even our sex lives. In his new book Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji writer Keith Houston explores the history of the emoji from its birth in 1990s Japan, through to the Western explosion in the 2000s. Keith Houston is an author of several books about punctuation and the founder of the blog Shady Characters. He joins Susie to explain the ever-expanding emoji lexicon.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Check out the 8 new emoji coming to your iPhone in iOS 26
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, BGR may receive an affiliate commission. There are plenty of reasons to look forward to iOS 26 — the debut of Apple's new Liquid Glass design language, custom backgrounds for text conversations, and CarPlay upgrades — but we are here to give you eight more. This week, the Unicode Consortium unveiled the emoji that will arrive as part of the Unicode 17.0 release this fall. It is a fairly eclectic crew, featuring a treasure chest, an apple core, and even Bigfoot. Sadly, they won't join your iPhone's emoji keyboard on day one, but a future iOS 26 update will include all eight. New emoji coming in iOS 26 First, let's take a look at the standard versions of all eight emoji characters that are being added to the Unicode Standard in Unicode 17.0: Today's Top Deals XGIMI Prime Day deals feature the new MoGo 4 and up to 42% off smart projectors Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Best Ring Video Doorbell deals Here's a full list of the official names of all the new emoji, in case you're curious: Trombone Treasure Chest Distorted Face Apple Core Fight Cloud Ballet Dancers Hairy Creature Orca Apple always creates its own variations of the emoji before rolling them out to its software. As a result, iPhone owners often have to wait a few months to get their hands on the new characters. The emoji that arrived in Unicode 16.0 didn't hit iPhones until iOS 18.4 launched in March 2025. That was a full six months after Unicode 16.0 was released. Thankfully, this is a much more entertaining set than what we got in Unicode 16.0. I'm not sure when or where I'll use half of them, but I could see 'Fight Cloud' becoming a mainstay in group chats with family members. And that 'Distorted Face' sure is something. More Top Deals Memorial Day security camera deals: Reolink's unbeatable sale has prices from $29.98 See the
CNET
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Here Are the Latest Emoji on Your Phone and the New Emoji to Expect Soon
Apple and Samsung brought eight new emoji to their devices this year with the releases of iOS 18.4 and One UI 7. The new emoji include a face with bags under its eyes and a splatter. The Unicode Consortium is set to release new emoji, like a distorted face and an orca whale, this fall, but what do all these emoji mean? Emojipedia A "😃" or "❤️" are easy to understand, but how are "😩" and "😭" different, and what does it mean when someone sends you food emoji like "🍆" or "🍑"? Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each different colored heart? Does the peach emoji actually mean fruit anymore? Here's how to figure out what all 3,790 emoji mean and what emoji could be next. Read more: We Could Get a Sasquatch Emoji Soon Emojipedia is here to help Emojipedia is an online encyclopedia of emoji managed by people who research emoji. The site sorts emoji into nine categories, including Smileys, People, Objects, Activity and more. Each category then breaks down emoji into further subsections. So if you click into Smileys, for example, you'll see sections like Smiling & Affectionate and Sleepy & Unwell. If you click an individual emoji, Emojipedia will give you a brief description of that emoji. For example, here's what Emojipedia writes about the "✨" sparkles emoji: "Commonly used to indicate various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, beauty, gratitude, and excitement, as well as newness or cleanliness. May also be used as a form of ✨emphasis✨ or to convey sarcastic or mocking tones." Emojipedia will also give you a list of other emoji that this particular emoji works well with. In the case of the "🎁" wrapped gift emoji, for example, Emojipedia's suggestions include the "🥳" partying face and the "🛒" shopping cart. What's a text message without an emoji or two? Jason Cipriani/CNET Each Emojipedia entry also shows you the different artwork for each emoji across platforms, as well as how the artwork evolved. The emoji entry will also show you shortcodes and other names for each emoji, if applicable. What are the most popular emoji? You may have your own go-to emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are the most popular emoji as of mid-July. The list changes periodically, so what's popular now might not be popular next month or around a holiday. Note that not all platforms support all the latest emoji, so they may not all appear on your device. What are the latest emoji? Emojipedia In September, Google unveiled Emoji 16.0, which includes eight new emoji. Here are the new emoji. Apple included these emoji with iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought these emoji to some devices with One UI 7 in April and more devices since then. WhatsApp introduced these emoji to its app in January. How often are new emoji added? Unicode Anyone can submit an idea for a new emoji. The Unicode Consortium is responsible for creating new emoji. The group approves new emoji once a year, usually in the fall, but those emoji might not land on your device until the following spring. Unicode proposed nine new emoji in November, 2024, including a Sasquatch and an orca, and those emoji will debut as part of Unicode 17.0 this fall. Here are all the new emoji you will see on your device in the future. Trombone Treasure Chest Distorted Face Hairy Creature Fight Cloud Apple Core Orca Ballet Dancers What about custom emoji, like Apple's Genmoji? Apple unveiled its emoji generator, Genmoji, at WWDC 2024, and the tech giant included the feature in iOS 18.2. However, only people with an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max or a device from the iPhone 16 lineup can access Genmoji for now. If you can't use Genmoji and want to create your own custom emoji, Emojipedia is home to two custom emoji generators. Emojipedia First is Emojipedia's AI emoji generator. You can use this tool to create anything from a frog wearing a cowboy hat to a heart shaped pizza. You type your description of the emoji into the generator, and the tool will create an emoji based on your description. You can then download or copy your custom emoji to your clipboard and use it as a sticker across messaging apps like WhatsApp and iMessage. This emoji generator is free, but you can only generate three emoji per day so make sure you describe your emoji as much as possible so you don't waste one of your tries. If you do run out of AI emoji generations for the day, you can also use the Emoji Mashup Bot, which combines two emoji from the Twemoji set. You can use this as many times as you want, but you can only choose up to 113 emoji to combine and they are all smileys. That means you can't be as creative in your creation as you might be in the AI emoji generator. All this just for emoji? Yeah, but wait there's more! Emojipedia also hosts the World Emoji Awards on World Emoji Day, July 17. Awards are given for things like Most Popular New Emoji and Most Anticipated Emoji. Winners are determined by popular vote on X, formerly known as Twitter, and any emoji approved the year prior are eligible to win. Apple The winner of Most Popular New Emoji in 2025 and the Most 2025 Emoji was the face with bags under eyes. This emoji also won Most Anticipated Emoji for 2024, so the only award it has left to win is the Lifetime Achievement Award. The distorted face emoji won for the Most Anticipated Emoji for 2025, and the melting face (🫠) emoji won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The melting face emoji is now the youngest emoji to receive that award, but face with bags under its eyes could dethrone it one day soon. In 2024, the Most Popular New Emoji was the head shaking horizontally (🙂↔️). For more, here are the latest approved emoji, how to react to messages with emoji on your iPhone and how to use emoji instead of comments in Google Docs.
