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This emoji displays the black 8 ball on most platforms, which looks similar to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8-Ball">Magic 8-Ball</a> toy. This is despite the fact that emoji was originally created intending to represent game of billiards,&nbsp;of which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_(cue_sports)">pool</a> is a common version.

Samsung <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/pool-8-ball/">previously</a> displayed&nbsp;this emoji with a cue and triangular arrangement of&nbsp;colored balls, as did <a href="/google/android-4.4/pool-8-ball/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pool-8-ball/">Microsoft </a>(sans cue).

Billiards

An orange-colored basketball. Originally intended to display as a basketball and a hoop, as per previous designs by <a href="/google/android-7.0/basketball/">Google</a>, <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/basketball/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/basketball/">Microsoft</a>.

This emoji can be sent on Facebook Messenger to unlock a <a href="http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/03/17/messenger-basketball/">hidden&nbsp;basketball game</a>.

Basketball and Hoop

A tennis racket (racquet) with a tennis ball. Only a ball is shown on certain platforms, including Apple, Twitter, and WhatsApp.

Tennis Racquet and Ball

A cricket bat, with a cricket ball also shown. May be displayed with a wicket present.

Cricket Bat and Ball

A <a href="/money-with-wings/" title="💸 Money With Wings">gambling</a> machine generally found in casinos. Shows three wheels with a lever to the side. Most platforms display three 7 digits on this emoji.

Slot Machine

A paddle and ping pong ball used in the sport of table tennis.

Table Tennis Paddle and Ball

Two frosty mugs of&nbsp;<a href="/beer-mug/">beer&nbsp;</a>with frothy heads being clinked together, as done at a celebratory or convivial&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor)">toast</a>&nbsp;(&ldquo;Cheers!&rdquo;). Several platforms include stylized lines to mark the clinking. See also&nbsp;<a href="/clinking-glasses/">🥂 Clinking Glasses</a>.

Clinking Beer Mugs

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_ball">crystal ball</a>, as a <a href="/mage/">fortune teller or clairvoyant</a> gazes into to tell the future. Depicted as a&nbsp;<a href="/sparkles/">sparkling</a>, purple or blue crystal orb&nbsp;resting on a stand.

Commonly used for various content concerning magic, alternative spirituality, and (predicting) the future. May also be used for its shape or color more generally.

Crystal Ball

A wand with sparkles (✨magic✨) coming out of its end. Most platforms show a classic magician-style magic wand that&#39;s black with white tips. WhatsApp shows a golden magic wand tipped with a star, similar to the wand that Glenda the Good Witch uses in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Magic Wand

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

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

The Noto Emoji Font is an open-source font developed by <a href="/google/">Google</a> as part of the Noto Emoji project that supports monochrome versions the&nbsp;Unicode emoji set.

As per standard variable text fonts, the Noto Emoji Font allows users to change each emoji character&#39;s color, size and weight.

The&nbsp;font&#39;s&nbsp;designs across most categories&nbsp;largely mirror&nbsp;those of <a href="/google/">Google&rsquo;s</a> colorful Noto Emoji set, which provides standard emoji support across Google platforms and many Android devices.&nbsp;

Notably, however, the majority of the font&#39;s people emoji designs emulate the popular blob emoji designs used on Google properties between <a href="/google/android-4.4/">2013</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/google/android-7.0/">2018</a>.

As such, the font does not support distinct designs for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">skin tone modifier</a> sequences&nbsp;and many gender-specifying <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ sequences</a>, instead displaying the same design as the base neutral&nbsp;emoji: either a blob or a humanoid&nbsp;silhouette.

The font is&nbsp;<a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Emoji">free to download</a> and is licensed under the <a href="https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&amp;id=OFL">Open Font License</a>.

Every emoji supported within Google's monochrome Noto Emoji font. Free to download from Google Fonts.

Noto Emoji

Released in early September 2023, this update to Google&#39;s monochrome Noto Emoji font introduced support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a>&nbsp;prior to the official publication of Unicode 15.1.

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15.1

Released on 2022-09-13, this update to Google&#39;s&nbsp;monochrome Noto Emoji font introduced support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

The update also changed the three letter codes used for the <a href="https://emojipedia.org/flag-england/">England</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://emojipedia.org/flag-wales/">Wales</a>&nbsp;emoji flags.

15.0

The first version of Google&#39;s&nbsp;monochrome Noto Emoji font was released 2022-04-29 via <a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Emoji">Google Fonts</a>. It provided support for all emojis up to late 2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/exploring-googles-new-black-and-blobby-emoji-font/">Read more about this font</a>, including comparisons to 2015&#39;s <a href="/google/android-6.0.1/">Android 6.0.1</a> and late 2021&#39;s <a href="/google/android-12l/">Android 12/12L</a>.

Note: Noto Emoji designs are displayed with a white block background on Emojipedia to allow for compatibility with devices using dark mode.

🎱 Pool 8 Ball on Noto Emoji Font 15.1

🎱 Pool 8 Ball on Noto Emoji Font 15.1

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