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Emojis displayed on iPhone, iPad,&nbsp;Mac, <a href="/apple-watch/">Apple Watch</a> and Apple TV use the&nbsp;Apple Color Emoji font installed on&nbsp;iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. Some Apple devices support&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/memoji/">Memoji</a>.&nbsp;

The&nbsp;<a href="/apple-logo/">&nbsp;Apple logo</a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;Private Use Area&nbsp;(PUA) character that is not cross-platform compatible&nbsp;but does work on Apple devices. Previously the&nbsp;<a href="/beats-1-logo/"> Beats 1 logo</a>&nbsp;was also supported as a PUA.

In March 2024 <a href="/apple/ios-17.4">iOS 17.4</a> included new emojis from <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1.</a>

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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

iOS 5.0 supported emoji characters in the private use area, prior to inclusion of emoji in the Unicode Standard.

These were not cross-platform compatible, and have been included here for image reference. Codepoints have been updated to match the current release of the Unicode Standard.

iOS 5.0 was released on October 12, 2011. This released did not add any new emojis, but <a href="/apple/ios-5.0/changed/">changed</a> a number of emoji designs including&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">🍳&nbsp;Cooking</a> (previously an egg being cracked),&nbsp;<a href="/spiral-shell/">🐚&nbsp;Spiral Shell</a> (previously a fan shaped shell),&nbsp;<a href="/graduation-cap/">🎓&nbsp;Graduation Cap</a> (previously a Graduation shirt) and&nbsp;<a href="/flag-in-hole/">⛳&nbsp;Flag in Hole</a> (previously a golf ball).

This emoji update was not made available for Mac OS X.

iOS 5.0

iOS 4.0 supported emoji characters in the private use area, prior to inclusion of emoji in the Unicode Standard.

These were not cross-platform compatible, and have been included here for image reference. Codepoints have been updated to match the current release of the Unicode Standard.

iOS 4.0 was released on June 21, 2010. This update added no new emojis, but did increase the resolution of the emoji font and update the design for the&nbsp;<a href="/television/">📺&nbsp;Television</a>&nbsp;emoji.

Mac OS X 10.7.0 Lion also supported the same emojis in this set.

iOS 4.0

iPhone OS 2.2 was Apple&#39;s first implementation of emoji support. This was created using private use area codes, and software-limited to iPhone users in Japan for compatibility with the <a href="/softbank/">Softbank emoji set</a>. Emoji support <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090703152413/http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2404">required</a> iPhone OS 2.2 and a SoftBank SIM card.

These were not cross-platform compatible, and have been included here for image reference. Codepoints have been updated to match the current release of the <a href="/unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a>.

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