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Flags

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick">joystick</a>, as used in playing classic arcade, computer, or video games. Generally depicted with a black base, red-knobbed control stick, and one or more red buttons.

Commonly used for content concerning various types of gaming; occasionaly applied to aviation and aircraft.

Google&#39;s base was <a href="/google/android-8.0/joystick/">previously</a>&nbsp;blue, and&nbsp;Microsoft <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/joystick/">previously featured</a> a more modern design.

Joystick

A mouse, as used to control a cursor on a <a href="/desktop-computer/">computer</a>. Generally depicted as a white or gray, cordless device with a scroll wheel between left- and right-click buttons.

Used for various content concerning computers, including gaming and various senses of click (e.g., clickbait).

Apple&rsquo;s design resembles the company&rsquo;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Mouse">Magic Mouse</a>, with a single button. Google&rsquo;s mouse <a href="/computer-mouse/">previously</a> had&nbsp;a cord.

Not to be confused with <a href="/mouse/">🐁 Mouse</a>.

Three Button Mouse

A <a href="/desktop-computer/">computer</a> printer, as at a home office. Generally depicted as a grayish device with a power button and paper loaded in its tray, sometimes printing out a document. May be used for various content concerning printing, including as a Print icon,&nbsp;as well as for office work and technology more generally.

Not to be confused with <a href="/fax-machine/">📠 Fax Machine</a>.

Printer

A video game emoji,&nbsp;shown on major platforms as a console&nbsp;gamepad with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-pad">D-pad</a>, <a href="/joystick/" title="🕹 Joystick">joysticks</a>, and buttons.

Video Game

A trackball, as rotated to control a cursor on a computer. An alternative or supplement to a <a href="/computer-mouse/">computer mouse</a> or touchpad. Generally depicted as a cordless device with a blue or red ball in a cylindrical, black or gray socket.

Occasionally used for various content concerning <a href="/video-game/">gaming</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s design featurs a rectangular base, while Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-11.0/trackball/">previously</a> featured&nbsp;a cord.

Trackball

An electric plug, as inserted into socket to power a device. Depicted as a black, two-pronged plug at various angles at the end of a cable. Prongs are silver or gold.

Commonly used for various literal and figurative content concerning electricity and power. May also be used for various slang senses of plug, e.g., a connection or hookup.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs suggest a plug used in North America and Japan while other platforms, including Google and Samsung, suggest one used in Europe and many other parts of the world.

Electric Plug

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5_floppy">3.5-inch floppy disk</a>, a data storage format popular in the 1980&ndash;90s but largely preserved as a Save icon in computer programs. Shown with its silver shutter positioned up and in a black housing with&nbsp;a white label, accented with blue or red.

Occasionally used for various content concerning computers, including nostalgia for old technology, as well as to represent electronic saving.

Floppy Disk

A keyboard, as used to type on a <a href="/desktop-computer/">computer</a>. Generally depicted as a gray device with white or black keys. Used for various content concerning computers, typing, and writing.

Apple&rsquo;s design resembles the company&rsquo;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Keyboard">Magic Keyboard</a>. Microsoft&#39;s design was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/keyboard/">previously</a>&nbsp;blue.

Not to be confused with <a href="/musical-keyboard/">🎹 Musical Keyboard</a>.

Keyboard

A friendly-looking, tentacled space creature with two eyes. Most major platforms style their design after aliens in classic arcade games like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders">Space Invaders</a>, rendering it purple and pixellated, as if in 8-bit graphics.

Samsung&rsquo;s design resembles an <a href="/octopus/">octopus</a> and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/alien-monster/">previously featured</a> a big-brained <a href="/alien/">alien</a>, &agrave; la <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)">Star Trek</a>. Earlier designs from <a href="/google/android-7.0/alien-monster/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/alien-monster/">Microsoft</a> depicted more cartoon-like alien monsters.

May be used of topics concerning extraterrestrial life,&nbsp;outer space, gaming, and computing, but also enjoys a range of idiosyncratic applications, such as&nbsp;conveying a&nbsp;sense of weirdness, wackiness, or excitement, given that the emoji looks like it is raising its arms shouting&nbsp;Yay! on many platforms.

Alien Monster

A laptop personal computer. Depicted as a black or gray device, opened to show a dark or blue screen, keyboard, and touchpad.

Commonly used for various content concerning computer technology, work, and activity.

Previous designs resembled a <a href="/desktop-computer/">desktop computer</a>&nbsp;(e.g., <a href="/apple/ios-9.0/laptop/">iMac</a>) on many platforms, hence its Unicode name of&nbsp;Personal Computer. Apple&rsquo;s design now resembles a MacBook.

Personal Computer

A desktop personal computer. Generally depicted as a black or gray monitor with a dark or blue screen.

Like <a href="/laptop/">💻 Laptop Computer</a>, used for various content concerning computer technology, work, and activity. May also be used to represent <a href="/laptop/">television</a>, as it resembles a flatscreen TV.

Google and WhatsApp include <a href="/keyboard/">keyboards</a>. Apple&rsquo;s design resembles an iMac. <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/desktop-computer/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/desktop-computer/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> designs previously featured PC towers.

Desktop Computer

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc">minidisc</a>, depicted as a small, silver or gold <a href="/optical-disk/">optical disc</a> housed in a square cartridge, its shutter positioned to the right.

<a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/02/sony-announces-the-end-of-the-minidisc/">Discontinued</a> as an audio and data storage format in 2013 due to the success of CD and MP3 technology, though the emoji is commonly used to represent CDs, DVDs, and related film and music content, especially albums.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/computer-disk/">previously featured</a> a silver disc labeled MD, for minidisc. <a href="/au-kddi/type-a-2/computer-disk/">Early designs</a> from au by KDDI showed an angled <a href="/floppy-disk/">💾 Floppy Disk</a>, perhaps as being inserted or ejected into a computer drive.

See also <a href="/optical-disk/">💿 Optical Disc</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/dvd/">📀 DVD</a>.

Minidisc

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager">pager</a>, as worn on the waist to alert a person to a phone call&nbsp;or short text message. Popular in the 1980&ndash;90s before <a href="/mobile-phone/">mobile phones</a>, though still used by some medical and emergency personnel. Very occasionally used to represent alerts, digital communication, or nostalgia for old technology.

Depicted as a black device with operating buttons and a green screen displaying various&nbsp;numbers across platforms, including:

<ul>
	<li>Apple: 555-3215 (555 is commonly used for fake numbers in the US)</li>
	<li>Google: 1998 (the year Google was founded; <a href="/google/android-8.0/pager/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed 8888, the&nbsp;<a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns">Google DNS</a> IP address)</li>
	<li>Microsoft: [indecipherable]</li>
	<li>Samsung: 954-5684 (unknown origin;&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/pager/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed SUNMOON)</li>
	<li>WhatsApp: 867-5309 (an allusion to the 1980s hit song&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny">&quot;867-5309/Jenny&quot;</a>)</li>
	<li>Twitter: 40404 (Twitter&#39;s discontinued <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2010/introducing-fast-follow-and-other-sms-tips.html">SMS number</a>)</li>
	<li>Facebook: 543-4800 (Facebook Inc&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitepages.com/phone/1-650-543-4800">phone number</a>;&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/2.0/pager/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed 02 04 20 04, referring to the company&#39;s launch date)</li>
</ul>

Pager

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax">fax</a> machine, as scans and transmits documents over a telephone line. Common in the 1980&ndash;90s before the internet. Depicted as a white or black machine with a <a href="/telephone-receiver/">telephone handset</a>, keypad, display screen, and paper in its tray.

Sometimes used in emoji&nbsp;form as&nbsp;an alternative to the words&nbsp;facts, due to the similarity of pronounciation. In a sentence:&nbsp;&quot;all 📠 no 🖨&quot;

Fax Machine

A video camera, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camcorder">camcorder</a> used to film home videos in the 1980&ndash;90s. Generally depicted as a gray or black video camera with viewfinder, control buttons, and lens pointed&nbsp;left.

Commonly used for various content concerning film and video as well as an icon for a video, as before an upload, link, or credit.

Samsung&rsquo;s is fitted with a <a href="/microphone/">microphone</a>. Google&rsquo;s design was <a href="/google/android-8.0/video-camera/">once&nbsp;blue</a> and also&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-7.0/video-camera/">previously featured</a> a flip screen.

Video Camera

A videotape cassette, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS">VHS</a> tape used to watch movies or record <a href="/television/">TV</a> on VCRs before <a href="/dvd/">DVDs</a> , DVRs, and streaming. Generally depicted as a black cassette with a white label between its reels.

Occasionally used for various content concerning film and video (taping) as well as an icon for a video, as before an upload, link, or credit. May also be used to represent audio <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape">cassette tapes</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/videocassette/">previously resembled</a> a voicemail icon.

Videocassette

A woman using a <a href="/motorized-wheelchair">motorized wheelchair</a> as a mobility aid.&nbsp;

Woman in Motorized Wheelchair

Used&nbsp;either as a literal airplane, to represent an overseas vacation, or sometimes as a proxy for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane_mode">airplane mode</a> on a <a href="/mobile-phone/" title="📱 Mobile Phone">phone</a> or tablet.

Use of this emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-use-in-the-new-normal/">declined in April 2020</a>, potentially as a result of global air travel limitations.

Airplane

A man using a <a href="/motorized-wheelchair">motorized wheelchair</a> as a mobility aid.&nbsp;

Man in Motorized Wheelchair

A pushpin, as used to indicate a location on a <a href="/world-map/">map</a>. Generally depicted as an upright pin with a red, round head.

Commonly used to indicate locations and notably featured in the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pushpin-emoji-detour">Pushpin Emoji Detour</a> and <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/distance-between">Distance Between</a> memes on Twitter. Also used unofficially as an icon for Pinterest or Google Maps.

Facebook&rsquo;s pin is oriented at a 45&deg; angle, as were previous designs on several other platforms.

Not to be confused with <a href="/pushpin/">📌 Pushpin</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Round Pushpin

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Emojipedia

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

&nbsp;

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

The Unicode Consortium approved the following characters as part of <a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode7.0.0/">Unicode 7.0</a>, released on June 16, 2014.&nbsp;Support for these emoji characters rely on updates from platform vendors such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Initially, 250&nbsp;new characters in Unicode 7.0 were approved for emoji presentation, however this was later reduced to 103 Standard Additions which are listed below. The other characters remain part of Unicode, but are not recommended&nbsp;to be included as emojis.

The exception to this was the <a href="/left-speech-bubble/" title="🗨 Left Speech Bubble">Left Speech Bubble</a>, and as such wasn&#39;t initially specified on other platforms as an emoji. A later-accepted&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/diverse-spy-proposal/">proposal</a>&nbsp;updated this.

Emojis from Microsoft are&nbsp;supported on PCs and tablets&nbsp;running Windows 11, Windows 10, as well as Xbox. There were also available on Windows phones prior to them being&nbsp;discontinued. These are provided by the Segoe UI Emoji font, although some applications continue to show black and white emojis from an earlier release.

As of the <a href="/microsoft/windows-11-november-2021-update/">Windows 11&nbsp;November 2021 </a>update, the platform includes the <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-fluent-emoji-designs-from-microsoft/">new Fluent emoji design set</a>&nbsp;that was first previewed ahead of 2021&#39;s <a href="/world-emoji-day/">World Emoji Day</a>. Windows 10&#39;s last emoji update was the&nbsp;<a href="/microsoft/windows-10-may-2019-update/">May 2019 Update</a>, which supported emoji from up to early 2019&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>.

Note: <a href="https://emojipedia.org/microsoft-teams/">Microsoft Teams </a>and <a href="/skype/">Skype</a> use&nbsp;a different emoticon set with an alternative animated design.

Emojis from Microsoft including Windows 11 Fluent Emoji Designs and Windows 10 Segoe UI Emoji.

Microsoft Emoji List — Emojis for Windows 11, Windows 10 and Xbox

Beginning its global rollout on 2023-10-31, the Windows11 23H2 update introduced support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0">Emoji 15.0</a>&nbsp;to the flat versions of the&nbsp;Fluent emoji design set used by the OS since its <a href="https://emojipedia.org/microsoft/windows-11-november-2021-update">November 2021</a> update.

This update also redesigned a selection of emojis within the flat Fluent set. These redesigns include many smiley emojis&nbsp;having the size and positioning of their dotted black pupils subtly modified, the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/folded-hands">🙏 Folded Hands</a> being shown&nbsp;isometrically, the <a href="https://emojipedia.org/alien">👽 Alien</a> changed from grey to green once again, and the previously atypical width of the vendor&#39;s four-person family emoji designs&nbsp;being revised.

Additionally, a bug appears to have swapped the designs of the various&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/deaf-man">🧏&zwj;♂️ Deaf Man</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/deaf-woman">🧏&zwj;♀️ Deaf Woman</a> emojis.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/microsoft-windows-11-23h2-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Windows 11 23H2

Beginning its rollout on 2022-09-20, Window 11&#39;s 22H2 update introduced support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> emojis such as <a href="/melting-face/">🫠 Melting Face</a>, <a href="/saluting-face/">🫡 Saluting Face</a>, and <a href="/heart-hands/">🫶 Heart Hands</a>.

This update also revised a number of previous-released emoji designs.&nbsp;Notably, the colored heart emojis such as&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/red-heart/">❤️ Red Heart</a> were given additional details.

Additionally, each of the hand gesutre and people emojis without a skin tone modifier were given a revised base skin tone color.

Windows 11 22H2

Beginning its rollout on 2021-11-22, Window 11&#39;s November 2021 update redesigned all of Microsoft&#39;s emojis, officially launching the <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/11/22/express-yourself-with-new-emoji-now-available-in-windows-11/">2D incarnation</a> of the platform&#39;s Fluent&nbsp;emoji set. The&nbsp;Fluent&nbsp;redesign was <a href="https://medium.com/microsoft-design/emotionality-at-work-398182387adc">first&nbsp;previewed</a> ahead of <a href="https://worldemojiday.com/">World Emoji Day</a> 2021.

This update was the first to support <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>&nbsp;recommendations such as&nbsp;<a href="/heart-on-fire/">❤️&zwj;🔥 Heart on Fire</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/face-in-clouds/">😶&zwj;🌫️ Face in Clouds</a> on Windows.

🕹️ Joystick on Microsoft Windows 8.1

🕹️ Joystick on Microsoft Windows 8.1

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