New emojis from Apple for 2024.

Released on 5 March 2024 for iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, this was the first version of iOS to support the 118 new emojis in <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a>, including various direction-specific people emojis.

This update also changed all family emojis to display with one of the four silhouette symbol designs also used for the new non-gender-specifying family emojis added in <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a>.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-17-4-emoji-changelog/">Learn more about this update.</a>

iOS 17.4

New emojis from Apple for 2023&nbsp;available as part of iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS 13.3.

iOS 16.4

New emojis from Apple for 2022&nbsp;available as part of&nbsp;iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, and macOS 12.3.

Released on 14&nbsp;March 2022, this was the first version of iOS to support the 112 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>, including various multiple skin tone versions of the <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face with Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji to be more consistent with the designs of other vendors, with this emoji&#39;s originaly design being given to the new <a href="/emoji-14.0/">🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji.

Taking into account a series of additional&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a>&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji sequences, there are 123 new emojis in this release.

iOS 15.4

Released on 2021-05-24, this update changed the appearance&nbsp;of the various&nbsp;<a href="/person-climbing/">🧗 Person Climbing</a> emojis to have the person wearing a safety helmet.

iOS 14.6

New emojis from Apple for 2021 available as part of&nbsp;iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and macOS 11.3.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the&nbsp;<a href="/syringe/">💉&nbsp;Syringe</a>&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;to remove the blood, and added mixed skin tone support to&nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a> and <a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>.

Released on 26&nbsp;April 2021, this was the first version of iOS to support the 217 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. Taking into account <a href="/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a> emoji sequences, there&nbsp;there are 669 new emojis in this release.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-14-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 14.5

New emojis from Apple for 2020 released on iOS 14.2, iPad OS 14.2 and macOS 11 Big Sur.&nbsp;Emoji additions included&nbsp;<a href="/bubble-tea/">🧋 Bubble Tea</a>, <a href="/transgender-flag/">🏳️&zwj;⚧️ Transgender Flag</a>, <a href="/pinched-fingers/">🤌 Pinched Fingers</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/smiling-face-with-tear/">🥲 Smiling Face with Tear.</a>

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of&nbsp;<a href="/person-with-veil/">👰 Person With Veil </a>and&nbsp;<a href="/person-in-tuxedo/">🤵 Person in Tuxedo</a> to gender neutral designs, with new sequences added to support gender-specific options for women or men. This software version also changed the appearance of&nbsp;<a href="/face-with-medical-mask/">😷 Face with Medical Mask</a> to smile.

Released on 5&nbsp;November 2020, this was the first version of iOS to support the 117 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-14-2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 14.2

A minor update which fixed a bug where <a href="/apple/ios-13.3/men-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone/">one variation of men holding hands</a>&nbsp;previously showed <a href="/apple/ios-13.2/men-holding-hands-medium-skin-tone-medium-dark-skin-tone/">an incorrect set of skin tones</a>. This change applies to iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3 and macOS 10.15.2.

iOS 13.3

iOS 13.2 was released on 2019-10-28 with&nbsp;added support for gender neutral options, people holding hands with various skin tones, as well as full <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a> and <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a> compatibility. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-13-2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 13.2

iOS 13.1&nbsp;was released on 2019-09-24 with a number&nbsp;of emoji <a href="/apple/ios-13.1/changed/">design changes</a> including more accurate representations of&nbsp;<a href="/octopus/">🐙 Octopus</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/squid/">🦑 Squid</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/mosquito/">🦟 Mosquito</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/abacus/">🧮 Abacus</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-13-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 13.1

A minor update to iOS which made minor modifications to the <a href="/owl/">🦉&nbsp;Owl</a> and <a href="/boar/">🐗&nbsp;Boar</a> to match the new Animoji release. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 12.2

iOS 12.1 was released on 2018-10-30 with 158 new emojis and&nbsp;4 new emoji components.&nbsp;All additions in this release came from <a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>&nbsp;except&nbsp;the <a href="/flag-united-nations/">United Nations Flag</a> which was from <a href="/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a>.&nbsp;Prominent inclusions in this release were&nbsp;<a href="/red-hair/">redheads</a>, <a href="/curly-hair/">curly hair</a>, <a href="/softball/">softball</a>, <a href="/skateboard/">skateboard</a>, and <a href="/bagel/">bagel</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-12-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 12.1

iOS 11.3 was a minor update to the iOS emoji set. The main change in this release is the modification of four emojis used in Apple&#39;s separate Animoji feature. First <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2018/01/apple-previews-ios-11-3/">announced</a> in January&nbsp;2018, this release was finalized in March 2018.

This emoji release also applied to tvOS 11.3,&nbsp;macOS 10.13.4 and&nbsp;watchOS 4.3.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-11-3-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 11.3

iOS 11.2 changed a number of emojis, most notably reverting the <a href="/tumbler-glass/">Tumbler Glass</a> to a previous design.

Metallic objects gained a more reflective appearance in this release, among other minor changes. The same emoji changes apply to tvOS 11.2, watchOS 4.2, and macOS 10.13.2.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-11-2-emoji-changelog/">Read more</a>.

iOS 11.2

iOS 11.1 was released on October 31, 2017 and&nbsp;includes 240 new emojis&nbsp;including&nbsp;<a href="/giraffe/">Giraffe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/face-vomiting/">Face Vomiting</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/genie/">Genie</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/sauropod/">Sauropod (dinosaur)</a> and <a href="/emoji-5.0/">more</a>. A number of existing emojis changed in this update, such as <a href="/honeybee/">Honeybee</a>, <a href="/ram/">Ram</a>, and <a href="/tumbler-glass/">Tumbler Glass</a>.

These&nbsp;emoji updates are included as part of iOS 11.1 for iPhone and iPad, macOS High Sierra 10.3.1 for Mac, watchOS 4.1 for Apple Watch and tvOS 11.1 for Apple TV.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-11-1-emoji-changelog/">Learn more about this update</a>.

iOS 11.1

iOS 10.3 included a number of&nbsp;design tweaks including changes to&nbsp;<a href="/shallow-pan-of-food/" title="🥘 Shallow Pan of Food">🥘&nbsp;Shallow Pan of Food</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/tanabata-tree/" title="🎋 Tanabata Tree">🎋&nbsp;Tanabata Tree</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/fog/" title="🌫️ Fog">🌫️&nbsp;Fog</a>. No new emojis were added.

<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-fixes-paella-emoji/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 10.3

<a href="/apple/ios-10.2/">iOS 10.2</a> was released on December 12, 2016. This release&nbsp;added support for <a href="/unicode-9.0/">Unicode 9</a> emojis, as well as&nbsp;new professions and&nbsp;a graphical redesign. This emoji release coincides with&nbsp;tvOS 10.1,&nbsp;watchOS 3.1.1, and&nbsp;macOS Sierra 10.12.2.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-2-emoji-changelog/">Learn more</a>.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-2-emoji-changelog/">📲 iOS 10.2 Emoji Changelog</a></li>
</ul>

iOS 10.2

iOS 10.0.1 was released on&nbsp;September 13, 2016. This release included&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-gendered-emoji-list/">new gendered emojis</a>, <a href="/rainbow-flag/">rainbow flag</a>, and an updated <a href="/pistol/">pistol emoji</a>. See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng5wozKJOMc">all new and changed emojis</a> in this YouTube video. These emoji updates also apply to macOS Sierra.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-emoji-changelog/">📲 iOS 10 Emoji Changelog</a></li>
</ul>

iOS 10.0

iOS 9.3 is a minor revision to the updates&nbsp;provided in iOS 9.1. New in iOS 9.3 are modifiers for the <a href="/detective/" title="🕵 Sleuth or Spy">sleuth or spy emoji</a>, and the removal of modifier support for the <a href="/horse-racing/" title="🏇 Horse Racing">horse racing emoji</a>.

This emoji update also applies to Macs with&nbsp;OS X 10.11.4&nbsp;El Capitan, Apple Watch with&nbsp;watchOS 2.2&nbsp;and Apple TV with tvOS 9.2. More about <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-3-adds-and-removes-diversity/">this update</a>.

iOS 9.3

iOS 9.1 was the first version of iOS&nbsp;to include emojis from <a href="/unicode-7.0/">Unicode 7.0</a> and <a href="/unicode-8.0/">Unicode 8.0</a>. This update&nbsp;also included a number of retro-actively assigned emojis to the Apple Color Emoji font.

The iOS 9.1 emoji update was introduced to Macs with&nbsp;OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan, Apple Watch with&nbsp;watchOS 2.0 and Apple TV with tvOS 9.1.

Learn <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-1-emoji-changelog/">more about this update</a>.

iOS 9.1

iOS 9.0 added 44 new emoji flags, primarily consisting of smaller countries and territories. OS X El Capitan 10.11.0 was released on September 30, 2015 and supports the same range of flags.

Learn <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-9-emoji-changelog/">more about the iOS 9.0 emoji&nbsp;update</a>.

iOS 9.0

iOS 8.3&nbsp;was the first version of iOS&nbsp;to include <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">emoji modifiers</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ</a>&nbsp;sequences for family&nbsp;combinations. This release also added 198 country&nbsp;flags, and updated artwork for many existing emojis.

The iOS 8.3&nbsp;emoji update was introduced to Macs with&nbsp;OS X 10.10.3&nbsp;Yosemite.

Learn <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-2015-emoji-changelog-ios-os-x/">more about this update</a>.

iOS 8.3

iOS 6.0 was the first release of Apple&#39;s emoji font that displayed&nbsp;<a href="/unicode-6.0/">Unicode 6.0</a> emojis on the iOS emoji keyboard. Many characters previously thought to be new in iOS 6.0 were available in iOS 5.1, but not shown on the emoji keyboard.&nbsp;

A number of changes were made to emoji images in this release including the gavel being changed to display a <a href="/hammer/" title="🔨 Hammer">hammer</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="/orange-book/">orange book</a> being fixed to display as orange instead of purple.

Emojis in this release are compatible with&nbsp;Macs running OS X 10.8 Mountain&nbsp;Lion.

iOS 6.0

iOS 5.1&nbsp;was released in March 2012 and was the first version of Apple&#39;s emoji font to use cross-platform compatible emoji codepoints from the&nbsp;Unicode Standard.&nbsp;Previous releases of iOS supported emoji characters in the private use area of Unicode.

Support for a number of new emojis was available in this release, but not these new emojis were not displayed&nbsp;on the iOS emoji keyboard. As such, widespread use of emojis from <a href="/unicode-6.0/">Unicode 6.0</a> was not achieved until the release of <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/">iOS 6.0</a>&nbsp;later in 2012.

Emojis in this release were also supported in Mac OS X 10.7.4 and above.

iOS 5.1

A new moon with a smiling face, as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon">Man in the Moon</a>. Generally depicts the moon as a dark disc with a slightly smiling human face and nose.

See also <a href="/new-moon/">🌑&nbsp;New Moon</a>.&nbsp;May be used to represent the moon more generally. Popularly perceived as <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/25-incredibly-perfect-uses-of-the-moon-emoji">creepy</a>, used to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_shade">throw shade</a> (express disapproval), or convey various suggestive or ironic sentiments.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s eyes are looking left, as if giving the <a href="/eyes/">side-eye</a>. Samsung and Facebook&rsquo;s faces are looking straight ahead. Google&rsquo;s facial expression resembles <a href="/smirking-face/">😏&nbsp;Smirking Face</a>, Twitter&rsquo;s <a href="/slightly-smiling-face/">🙂&nbsp;Slightly Smiling Face</a>.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/new-moon-face/">Google&rsquo;s</a> face previously evoked <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/memes/lenny-face/">Lenny Face</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/new-moon-face/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> eyes appeared closed, and <a href="/facebook/2.0/new-moon-face/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> face was a simple smiley.

🌚 New Moon Face on undefined iOS 8.3

🌚 New Moon Face on undefined iOS 8.3

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