Beginning rollout on 2023-01-11, WhatsApp 2.23.2.72&nbsp;debuted support for the 31 emojis recommended in September 2022&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/hi/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.&nbsp;

2.23.2.72

Released 2022-04-19, this update for WhatsApp on Android devices introduced support for <a href="/hi/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> emojis such as <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0/">🫠&nbsp;Melting Face</a>, as well as&nbsp;multiple skin tone versions of the&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8/">🤝 Handshake</a>&nbsp;emoji.

2.22.8.79

Released 2021-11-25, this update introduced&nbsp;additional skin tone combinations&nbsp;for the<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%8F-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97/">🧑&zwj;🤝&zwj;🧑 People Holding Hands</a>&nbsp;emoji from late 2019&#39;s <a href="/hi/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, as well as many different &nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8/">💏 Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A1/">💑 Couple with Heart</a> skin tone combinations from late 2020&#39;s <a href="/hi/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

However, this release did not update WhatsApp&#39;s native emoji keyboard to allow for access&nbsp;to these new emojis.

2.21.23.23

Released 2021-08-18,&nbsp;this update included partial support for <a href="/hi/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>, with&nbsp;three&nbsp;new smiley emoji and two new heart emojis.

The update also introduced <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A2/">🧔&zwj;♀️&nbsp;Woman: Beard</a> and updated the design of&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A2-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE/">🧔 Person: Beard</a> to be more gender neutral. The update did not, however, provide support for&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A2/">🧔&zwj;♂️ Man: Beard</a>&nbsp;or the new variations of&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/hi/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A1/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>&nbsp;recommended in&nbsp;<a href="/hi/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

2.21.16.20

Released 2021-06-08, this update included a single new emoji: the <a href="/hi/refugee-nation-flag/">Refugee Nation flag</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapps-new-refugee-nation-flag/">More about this new flag emoji.</a>

2.21.11.17

Released early December 2020, this update included 115&nbsp;new emojis from <a href="/hi/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.

2.20.206.24

Released early September&nbsp;2020, this update&nbsp;included 138&nbsp;new emojis. While all of these new emojis were from&nbsp;<a href="/hi/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, this update&nbsp;did not include the 30&nbsp;people holding hands emoji variants also included within&nbsp;<a href="/hi/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>.

2.20.198.15

WhatApp&#39;s major emoji update of 2019 which included support for <a href="/hi/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. Included 230 <a href="/hi/whatsapp/2.19.352/new/">new</a> emojis, plus some very minor tweaks to <a href="/hi/whatsapp/2.19.352/changed/">three existing designs</a>.

2.19.352

2.19.244

2.19.175

The first WhatsApp release to include a <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%A1/">Transgender Flag</a>; as well as giving emoji presentation to the <a href="/hi/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8/">Transgender Sign</a> Unicode character. Also includes minor design changes to a number of emojis. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-2-19-62-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

2.19.62

Released on January 15&nbsp;2019, this update includes a number of design changes. <a href="/hi/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a> support came out <a href="/hi/whatsapp/2.18.379/new/">one month prior to this release</a>, and as such no new emojis are included in this version. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-2-19-7-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

2.19.7

The first update from WhatsApp to include new <a href="/hi/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a> support. These changes <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-windows-test-new-emoji-support/">first entered beta</a> in November 2018, and made the final release of WhatsApp 2.18.379 on December 16, 2018.

2.18.379

WhatsApp 2.17.386 was released on October 23, 2017 and was the first (non-beta) release to include the new WhatsApp emoji designs for Android users.

Previous releases of WhatsApp used <a href="/hi/apple/">Apple emojis</a> on all platforms.

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A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, open smile, showing upper teeth and tongue on some platforms. Often conveys general happiness and good-natured amusement.

Similar to <a href="/grinning-face/">😀 Grinning Face</a>&nbsp;but&nbsp;with taller, more excited eyes.&nbsp;

Smiling Face with Open Mouth

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a broad, open smile, showing upper teeth and tongue on some platforms. Often conveys general pleasure and good cheer or humor.

Not to be confused with <a href="/grinning-face-with-big-eyes/">😃 Grinning Face With Big Eyes</a>&nbsp;or <a href="/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😄 Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes</a>, which have the same smiles but more expressive eye shapes.&nbsp;

This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/grinning-cat/">😺 Grinning Cat Face</a>.

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Grinning Face

A yellow face with a big grin and scrunched, X-shaped eyes, tilted on its side as if rolling on the floor laughing (the internet acronym ROFL). Sheds&nbsp;two tears and tilts right on most platforms. Often conveys hysterical laughter&nbsp;more intense than <a href="/face-with-tears-of-joy/">😂 Face With Tears of Joy</a>.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/rolling-on-the-floor-laughing/">previously featured</a> a smiley with hands and feet.&nbsp;

Rolling on the Floor Laughing

A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, open smile, showing upper teeth and tongue on some platforms. Often conveys general happiness and good-natured amusement.

Similar to&nbsp;<a href="/grinning-face/">😀 Grinning Face</a> and <a href="/grinning-face-with-big-eyes/">😃&nbsp;Grinning Face With Big Eyes</a>, but with warmer, less excited eyes.

This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/grinning-cat-with-smiling-eyes/">😸&nbsp;Grinning Cat Face With Smiling Eyes</a>.

Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes

A yellow face with simple open eyes showing clenched teeth. May represent a range of negative or tense emotions, especially nervousness, embarrassment, or awkwardness (e.g., Eek!).

Resembled <a href="/beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😁 Beaming Face With Smiling Eyes</a> on Apple iOS <a href="/apple/ios-8.3/beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes/">prior to 2016</a>. Apple&rsquo;s design for <a href="/cold-face/">🥶 Cold Face</a> features the same mouth. Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/grimacing-face/">previously featured</a> more puckered-looking lips.&nbsp;

On&nbsp;<a href="/snapchat/" title="👻 Snapchat Emoji &amp; Emoticon Meanings">Snapchat</a>, this&nbsp;emoji next to a contact denotes that you send the most snaps to the same person that they do., i.e.,&nbsp;you share a #1 Best Friend.

Grimacing Face

Two hands raised in the air, celebrating success or another joyous event.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-d-2/raising-hands/">Originally&nbsp;animated</a> to show hands being raised, as might be done along with the the exclamation&nbsp;Banzai!&nbsp;in Japan. Now more commonly only shows the hands in the air.

Person Raising Both Hands in Celebration

A&nbsp;<a href="/mobile-phone/" title="📱 Mobile Phone">mobile&nbsp;phone</a> held up to take a selfie (photo of the person holding the phone or camera). Generally represented as a disembodied arm holding a mobile phone.

Selfie

A swirl of brown poop,&nbsp;shaped like&nbsp;<a href="/soft-ice-cream/">soft-serve ice cream</a> with large, excited eyes and a big, friendly <a href="/grinning-face-with-big-eyes/">smile</a>.

May be used to represent feces and other bathroom topics as well as stand in for their many&nbsp;related slang terms. It also enjoys a wide range of idiosyncratic applications, such as conveying a sense of whimsy or silliness, given its fun, happy expression.

<a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pile-of-poo/">Microsoft</a> and Google previously depicted a literal pile of feces, <a href="/google/android-5.0/pile-of-poo/">Google&rsquo;s design</a> featuring stink lines and flies hovering above it.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Pile of Poo

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a thin, closed smile. Conveys a wide range of positive, happy, and friendly sentiments. Its tone can&nbsp;also be patronizing, passive-aggressive, or ironic, as if saying This is fine when it&rsquo;s really not.

Slightly Smiling Face

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/grinning-face/">😀 Grinning Face</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Smiling Cat Face with Open Mouth

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😄 Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Grinning Cat Face with Smiling Eyes

A yellow face, usually shown with closed eyes and raised eyebrows, with saliva drooling from one corner of its mouth. Often used to show desire for a person (sexy, attractive) or object (e.g., delicious food). May also represent someone is tired or sleeping.

Not to be confused with&nbsp;<a href="/face-savoring-food/" title="😋 Face Savouring Delicious Food">😋 Face Savoring Food</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/sleepy-face/" title="😪 Sleepy Face">😪 Sleepy Face</a>.

Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-8.5/drooling-face/">previously featured</a> a startled facial expression.

Drooling Face

A yellow face with smiling eyes and full-toothed grin, as if saying Cheese!&nbsp;for the camera.&nbsp;Teeth may be smoothed-over or crosshatched. Often expresses a radiant, gratified happiness. Tone varies, including warm, silly, amused, or proud.

<a href="/apple/ios-6.0/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">Prior to 2017</a>, Apple&#39;s design resembled its&nbsp;<a href="/grimacing-face/">😬 Grimacing Face</a>.

Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes

A yellow face with smiling eyes, closed smile, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)">halo</a>, usually blue, overhead. Often represents angels, <a href="/folded-hands/">prayers</a>, and blessings. May also convey angelic behavior, e.g., doing good deeds. See also <a href="/baby-angel/">👼&nbsp;Baby Angel</a>.

Several platforms, including Apple, feature&nbsp;an&nbsp;expression similar to their <a href="/smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😊&nbsp;Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes.</a>

Smiling Face with Halo

Has the same grin and eyes as&nbsp;<a href="/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😄 Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes</a>&nbsp;but with a single, blue bead of sweat, usually over its left eye. Intended to depict nerves or discomfort but commonly used to express a close call, as if saying Whew! and wiping sweat from the forehead.&nbsp;

Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Cold Sweat

A yellow face with a broad, open smile and scrunched, X-shaped&nbsp;eyes. Often conveys&nbsp;excitement or hearty laughter.

Similar to <a href="/grinning-face/">😀 Grinning Face</a>&nbsp;but with eyes that might say&nbsp;Squee!&nbsp;or Awesome!&nbsp;An emoji form of the &gt;&lt; or xD emoticons.

Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Tightly-Closed Eyes

A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, closed smile turning up to rosy cheeks. Often expresses genuine happiness and warm, positive feelings.

An emoji form of the ^^ emoticon.

On&nbsp;<a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji next to a contact denotes that you message that&nbsp;person often but they aren&#39;t your&nbsp;#1 Best Friend.

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Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes

A yellow face with a broad, closed smile wearing black <a href="/sunglasses/">sunglasses</a>, as if a pair of classic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray-Ban_Wayfarer">Wayfarers</a>. Often used to convey the slang&nbsp;sense of <a href="/cool-button/">cool</a>. May also express a confident, carefree attitude or that something is excellent.

<a href="/nerd-face/">🤓&nbsp;Nerd Face</a> wears similarly shaped <a href="/glasses/">eyeglasses</a>.

On <a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji next to a contact denotes that you have best friends in common with this person.

Smiling Face with Sunglasses

Yee-haw! A yellow smiley wearing a wide-brimmed, brown-leather cowboy hat. Its smile varies across platforms.&nbsp;May convey a sense of exuberance, whimsy, confidence, adventure, or other sentiments.

Several vendors, including Apple, feature&nbsp;the same expression as their <a href="/grinning-face-with-big-eyes/">😃 Grinning Face With Big Eyes</a>.

Face with Cowboy Hat

A yellow face with an open smile, sometimes showing teeth, and red, cartoon-styled hearts for eyes. Often conveys enthusiastic feelings of love, infatuation, and adoration, e.g., I love/am in love with this person or thing.

This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/smiling-cat-with-heart-eyes/">😻 Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Eyes</a>.

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Smiling Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

A classic smiley.&nbsp;A yellow face with a modest smile, rosy cheeks, and soft, closed eyes. Many platforms, including Apple, feature relaxed eyebrows. Conveys a wide range of warm, positive feelings, including love, happiness, and gratitude.

Similar to <a href="/smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😊&nbsp;Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes,</a> which has a broader smile, no eyebrows, and smiling eyes.

This smiley predates Unicode emoji support. In its Unicode name of White Smiling Face, white&nbsp;does not refer to skin tone or ethnicity.&nbsp;See the glossary for the&nbsp;term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#white" title="📖 Glossary">white</a>&nbsp;in Unicode character names.

White Smiling Face

A yellow face with open eyes, a thin closed-mouth smile, and a single tear falling from one of its eyes. Can be used to express a wide range of emotions and expressions&nbsp;including gratitude, tender happiness, an attempt to look happy when actually sad, or&nbsp;smiling through pain. Can also be a response to something that is bittersweet.

This emoji and <a href="/slightly-smiling-face/">🙂 Slightly Smiling Face</a> have a similar smile, and <a href="/crying-face/">😢 Crying Face</a> and <a href="/crying-cat/">😿 Crying Cat</a> have a similar lone tear. Not to be confused with&nbsp;<a href="/face-with-tears-of-joy/">😂 Face with Tears of Joy</a>, which has a wide toothy grin&nbsp;and tears coming from both eyes.

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Smiling Face with Tear

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