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.

iPhone OS 2.2

Rolled out on 2023-07-23, this minor update to the Twemoji emoji set revised the designs of the 😷 Face with Medical Mask, 🥺 Pleading Face, and 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears emojis.

These three emoji designs had previously been updated within the Twitter web application&#39;s emoji picker tool, but not within tweets themselves prior to this update.

Twemoji 15.0.1

Rolling out globally from 2023-06-13, Twemoji 15.0 introduced support for September 2022&#39;s Emoji 15.0 recommendation to Twitter&#39;s classic block color emoji set.

Prior to their official rollout, these new emoji designs were initially visible within the Twitter web app&#39;s emoji picker tool.

Twemoji 15.0

Rolling out globally from 2022-03-08, Twemoji 14.0 introduced support for 2021&#39;s <a href="/te/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-14-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 14.0

Twemoji 13.1.1 updated the designs of a handful of emojis, including <a href="/te/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%A8/">🤝 Handshake</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0/">🔋 Battery</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%87%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B8-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%95/">🏳️&zwj;🌈 Rainbow Flag</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-13-1-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 13.1.1

Released on 2021-05-28,&nbsp;Twemoji 13.1&nbsp;added support for 217 new emojis from&nbsp;<a href="/te/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-13-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Twemoji 13.1

Released on 2021-03-12,&nbsp;Twemoji 13.0.2&nbsp;updated the designs of 14 emojis, including the syringe emoji which had its contents and two blood drops removed.

Twemoji 13.0.2

Released on 2020-07-13, Twemoji 13.0.1 updated the designs of 28&nbsp;emojis, including changing both&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%B0/">Calendar </a>and&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4-%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9C-%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9A-%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%B0/">Tear-Off Calendar&nbsp;</a>to display the date of <a href="https://worldemojiday.com/">World Emoji Day</a> and to show all <a href="/te/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AA-%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A4/">Person Kneeling</a> emojis using&nbsp;a single knee.

Twemoji 13.0.1

Twemoji 13.0&nbsp;was the first Twemoji release to provide full support for <a href="/te/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.&nbsp;Released on 2020-05-11, this update added 103&nbsp;new emojis. Prior to this update Twitter did support select Emoji 13.0 designs:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A1-%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A1/">🏳️&zwj;⚧️ Transgender Flag</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%97-%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0-%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A8/">⚧ Transgender Symbol</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B0/">🤵&zwj;♀️ Woman in Tuxedo</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-13-0-emoji-changelog/">More on this update.&nbsp;</a>

Twemoji 13.0

A minor update to Twemoji that began rolling out to users on&nbsp;2020-04-17. A total of 36&nbsp;emoji designs were modified.

Twemoji 12.1.6

Twemoji 12.1.5 was the first Twemoji release to provide support for <a href="/te/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>. Released on 2020-01-27, this update added&nbsp;178 new emojis which primarily added new gender neutral sequences.&nbsp;This update followed <a href="/te/twitter/twemoji-12.1.4/changed/">Twemoji 12.1.4</a> which changed existing emojis to use a gender inclusive design where no gender was specified. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-12-1-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 12.1.5

An update to Twemoji began rolling out to users on 2019-11-06 and was<a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/releases/tag/v12.1.4"> added to the open source repository</a> on 2019-11-13. This release&nbsp;gave a gender-inclusive appearance to most human emojis when a gender isn&#39;t specified.

Note: this did not add support for additional gender-neutral sequences approved in <a href="/te/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>&nbsp;- instead it changed the appearance of existing neutral emojis.

<a href="/te/discord/">Discord</a> updated its emoji support to Twemoji 12.1.4 in November 2019, in the first emoji update on the platform since 2016.

Twemoji 12.1.4

Twemoji 12.1.3

Released 2019-06-25, this update to Twemoji added support for the <a href="/te/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a> draft candidate&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A1-%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A1/">🏳️&zwj;⚧️&nbsp;Blue, Pink, and White Flag</a> (aka Transgender Flag).

Twemoji 12.1

An update to Twemoji which added support for all 230 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/te/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-12-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 12.0

A minor update to Twemoji which <a href="/te/twitter/twemoji-11.4/changed/">changed the appearance of three emojis only</a>.

Twemoji 11.4

A minor design up date to&nbsp;Twemoji, released January 24, 2019. Primarily focussed on people participating in&nbsp;activities&nbsp;(e.g, running, handball, dancing, etc), as well as some animals. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-11-3-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 11.3

A minor update to Twemoji which&nbsp;adjusted black shades&nbsp;for better contrast when shown on dark backgrounds such as those used in&nbsp;night mode.

Twemoji 11.2

A minor update which increased the saturation of the color&nbsp;red in a number of emojis&nbsp;and updated&nbsp;the <a href="/te/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%A6-%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%9A-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A4-%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%96/">person gesturing no</a> variations&nbsp;to&nbsp;appear less like they are pushing against two walls.

Twemoji 11.1

Twemoji 11.0 was released on June 5&nbsp;2018 for&nbsp;Twitter.com, TweetDeck, and other Twemoji platforms. This release&nbsp;added&nbsp;support for 156 of the 157 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/te/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>. Twemoj&nbsp;supported&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A1/">Pirate Flag emoji</a> prior to this&nbsp;release.

Twemoji 11.0 is the release that follows <a href="/te/twitter/twemoji-2.7/">version 2.7 of Twemoji</a>, bringing the version numbers in line with the Unicode Emoji documentation version that it supports.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-11-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 11.0

Twemoji 2.7

A minor update to Twemoji, released on April 11, 2018. The most notable change in this release is the switchover from a realistic looking <a href="/te/%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%9F-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B2/">pistol</a>&nbsp;to a colored toy design. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-2-6-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.6

Twemoji 2.5 was&nbsp;a minor update released in February 2018 that added no new emojis, but updated the appearance of a number of designs. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-2-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.5

Twemoji 2.4 makes a number of changes to <a href="/te/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a>&nbsp;additions to bring these more in line with other vendors.

Twemoji 2.4

Twemoji 2.3 added support for <a href="/te/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a> and <a href="/te/twitter/twemoji-2.3/changed/">modified</a> a number of existing emojis.

Twemoji 2.3

Hand gestures in Twemoji 2.2.3 were changed to <a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/releases/tag/v2.2.3">right-handed display</a>; and&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B0/" title="🕎 Menorah With Nine Branches">Menorah</a> fixed to display nine candles.

Twemoji 2.2.3

Twemoji&nbsp;2.2.2&nbsp;removed skin&nbsp;tone support from the following&nbsp;multi-person emojis (and their associated gendered ZWJ sequences)&nbsp;as per <a href="http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16332-remove-multi-emb.pdf">Unicode recommendation</a>.

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	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%AC/" title="👪 Family">👪&nbsp;Family</a></li>
	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%9F/" title="👫 Man And Woman Holding Hands">👫&nbsp;Man And Woman Holding Hands</a></li>
	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%87%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%B2/" title="👬 Two Men Holding Hands">👬&nbsp;Two Men Holding Hands</a></li>
	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%87%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0-%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B2/" title="👭 Two Women Holding Hands">👭&nbsp;Two Women Holding Hands</a></li>
	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2/" title="👯 Woman With Bunny Ears">👯&nbsp;Woman With Bunny Ears</a></li>
	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B2/" title="🤼 Wrestlers">🤼&nbsp;Wrestlers</a></li>
	<li><a href="/te/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B2/" title="🤝 Handshake">🤝 Handshake</a></li>
</ul>

Find out <a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/releases/tag/v2.2.2">more about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.2.2

A minor update which <a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/commit/04377eae67db2e38a357e5f840fd3721fe28417e">changed</a>&nbsp;the direction of&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A4-%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%B2-%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%96/" title="😾 Pouting Cat Face">😾 Pouting Cat Face</a> to face forward, and increased the size of the star on the&nbsp;<a href="/te/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A1-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A8/">🇻🇳&nbsp;Flag for Vietnam</a>&nbsp;to &quot;better match the official flag&quot;.

Twemoji 2.2.1

Twemoji 2.2 was released on September 20, 2016 and includes gendered emojis, new&nbsp;emoji professions, skin tone modifiers for multiple-person emojis, as well as design changes to more closely match <a href="/te/apple/ios-10.0/">Apple&#39;s iOS 10</a> update.&nbsp;This update added support for <a href="/te/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a> during the draft period. More <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-2-2-emoji-changelog/">about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.2

Time&rsquo;s up! A timer set to count down and sound an alarm after a designated amount of time, as used in the kitchen. Appearance varies by platform. Commonly used for various content concerning time, including countdowns and deadlines.

Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs resemble kitchen timers. Other designs may be confused with <a href="/mantelpiece-clock/">🕰️&nbsp;Mantelpiece Clock</a> or other clock emojis.

Timer Clock

A timepiece set in advance to startle a person awake at the designated time with its two bells. That is, before hitting snooze.&nbsp;Appearance varies across platforms, but depicted as a classic, wind-up, bedside alarm clock, often red in color.

May be used for various content concerning alarms, alerts, <a href="/person-in-bed/">sleeping</a>, waking, and time more generally.

Alarm Clock

A wristwatch, as used for telling time. Appearance varies across platforms, but widely depicted as an analog timepiece with a white face and brown or black straps.

Used for various content concerning time, including watches as accessories. Apple&#39;s design is an Apple Watch, though <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/watch/">previously featured</a> a traditional watch before the product&rsquo;s release.

Watch

An antique-styled mantel clock with a flat base and rounded case, as made of wood and brass and placed above a <a href="/fire/">fireplace</a>.

Commonly used for various content concerning time.&nbsp;May also suggest a traditional home or old-time environment.&nbsp;

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/mantelpiece-clock/">previously</a> featured&nbsp;a more modern-looking, blue clock.

Mantelpiece Clock

A classic hourglass, its sand still flowing from the top to bottom bulb. Indicates time is still passing&mdash;but life is short. Color varies across platforms.

Commonly used for various content concerning time. May also be used for hourglass-shaped figures. Not to be confused with <a href="/hourglass-done/">⌛&nbsp;Hourglass Done</a>, whose sand has stopped flowing.

Hourglass with Flowing Sand

A classic hourglass, all of its sand having flowed into the bottom bulb. Indicates time has passed. Color varies across platforms.

Commonly used for various content concerning time. May also be used for hourglass-shaped figures. Not to be confused with <a href="/hourglass-not-done/">⏳&nbsp;Hourglass Not Done</a>, whose sand is still flowing.

Used on <a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a> to indicate a Snapstreak is soon to end.

Hourglass

A spool of thread, as used for sewing. Thread color varies across platforms, though often depicted in red or blue and on a wooden spool. Sometimes shown with an end unraveling.

Commonly used for various content concerning sewing, knitting, arts and crafts, clothing and fashion, and metaphorical threads (e.g., a discussion thread online).

WhatsApp&nbsp;and Microsoft&#39;s&nbsp;designs includes a needle.

Spool of Thread

An analog, handheld timepiece used to measure elapsed time, as for athletic sprints.&nbsp;Appearance varies across platforms, but depicted with two or more control buttons on its top.

Used for various content concerning time.&nbsp;Not to be confused with <a href="/alarm-clock/">⏰&nbsp;Alarm Clock</a> or other clock emojis.

Stopwatch

A revolving red light seen on top of a <a title="🚓 Police Car" href="/police-car/">police car</a>. Often used in emergency circumstances in addition to a siren making a loud <a title="📯 Postal Horn" href="/postal-horn/">warning sound</a>.

Police Cars Revolving Light

An&nbsp;<a href="/egg/">egg&nbsp;</a>with yolk frying in a skillet, as prepared sunny-side up. Though associated with breakfast, the emoji represents the general action of cooking and related concepts.

An <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/cooking/">early Apple design</a> included broken eggshells and did not feature a skillet, while an <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/cooking/">early Samsung design</a> simply displayed a fried egg.

Cooking

A golden-brown chocolate chip cookie&nbsp;or biscuit.&nbsp;Used to represent cookies or biscuits in general.

Samsung&#39;s original design featured a pair of pale&nbsp;square biscuits that also look like <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/cookie/">saltine crackers</a>. Since then they have changed their design to be a single chocolate chip cookie.

Cookie

Woman Cook

Man Cook

A magnetic compass, as used for navigation. Generally depicted in a silver or gold case with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_rose">compass rose</a> and a red-tipped needle. Commonly used for various content concerning traveling and exploring as well as metaphorical compasses (e.g., moral compass).

Facebook&rsquo;s markings include the initials of the four cardinal directions,&nbsp;north, south, east, and west. Not to be confused with various <a href="/search/?q=clock">clock</a>&nbsp;or timepiece emojis.

Compass

Ding! A call bell, as pressed at a front&nbsp;desk or reception&nbsp;to alert staff for service, such as from a <a href="/person-tipping-hand/">concierge</a> or bellhop (porter) to carry <a href="/luggage/">luggage</a> at a <a href="/hotel/">hotel</a>. Generally depicted as a golden <a href="/bell/">bell</a> on a wooden stand.

Commonly represents alerts or notifications to bring attention to important content. May also be used of various content concerning the hospitality and service industries.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/bellhop-bell/">previously</a>&nbsp;featured&nbsp;a silver bell radiating yellow rays, as if ringing.

Bellhop Bell

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

Apple

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

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

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.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

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

Microsoft

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

WhatsApp

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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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

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

Huawei

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.

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Skype

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

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

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

Toss Face (토스페이스)

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

Sony Playstation

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

Noto Emoji Font

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

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

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

emojidex

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.

Samsung devices use <a href="https://news.samsung.com/global/samsungs-emoji-suite-makes-for-a-more-emotional-digital-world">their own emoji designs</a>&nbsp;which are different to those used on other <a href="/google/">Android devices</a>. These&nbsp;glossy emojis&nbsp;appear on devices such as the Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy Note series and are updated as part of the Samsung One UI interface layer (previously Samsung Experience, before that Samsung TouchWiz)&nbsp;which runs on top of Android.

Note that Samsung users may see select emojis display as their <a href="/google/">Google</a>&nbsp;set design. This is due to <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/faster-emoji-updates-on-the-way-for-android-apps/">Android AppCompat</a>, which will display a Google emoji design within an app or web platform&nbsp;when a Samsung device has not yet been updated to support that particular emoji.

Note:&nbsp;<a href="/whatsapp/">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="/twitter/">Twitter</a>, and <a href="/facebook/">Facebook</a> have their&nbsp;own emoji designs&nbsp;which are used&nbsp;instead of Google or Samsung emojis in their respective apps on Android devices.

Emojis for Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy Note series of phones. See which emojis are supported on current Samsung phones, and how they compare to other platforms.

Samsung Emoji List — Emojis for Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy Note [Updated 2022]

Beginning its rollout for select Samsung devices on 30&nbsp;October 2023, Samsung&#39;s One UI 6.0&nbsp;featured a completely new design style for the majority of the vendor&#39;s emojis.

All smiley, food, and animal emoji designs have been revised in this update, as have the majority of the people emojis.

This is the most significant revision of the vendor&#39;s emoji set since&nbsp;February 2018&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/samsung/experience-9.0">Experience 9.0</a> update, which introduced a significant number of design revisions that were consistent with those used on other platforms.

This update also introduced support for the 2023 <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> recommendation list.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-one-ui-6-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

One UI 6.0

Beginning its rollout for select Samsung devices from October 2022, Samsung&#39;s One UI 5.0 provided support for both&nbsp;2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> and 2022&#39;s <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>&nbsp;recommendations.

Prior to the release of One UI 5.0, many Samsung users may have seen support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>&nbsp;emojis provided via <a href="/google/">Google&#39;s emoji design set</a>. This was due to Google&#39;s expansion of&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/faster-emoji-updates-on-the-way-for-android-apps/">Android AppCompat</a>&nbsp;in 2021.

A select number of users also reported seeing <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>&nbsp;designs in Samsung&#39;s emoji font when updating to One UI 4.1.1 in September 2022.

One UI 5.0

Beginning its rollout for select Samsung devices from&nbsp;mid-January 2022, this small emoji updated changed the design of Samsung&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="/sparkles/">✨ Sparkles</a> emoji to be more consistent&nbsp;with those of other emoji vendors.

Additional devices received this emoji update alongside Samsung&#39;s&nbsp;One UI 4.1 update, which was made widely available in March 2022 after initially debuting with the Galaxy S22 series of devices a month earlier.

One UI 4.0 January 2022

Beginning its rollout on&nbsp;2021-11-15 for Samsung&#39;s Galaxy S21 series of mobile devices,&nbsp;Samsung One UI 4.0&nbsp;added support for <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

One UI 4.0

Beginning its rollout in late July 2021 to select Samsung&rsquo;s Galaxy Z devices, One UI 3.1.1 updated a small number of existing emoji designs.

Select devices running Samsung One UI 3.1 were also given this emoji update&nbsp;via a firmware update in August 2021.

One UI 3.1.1

Released alongside the Galaxy Note 20 on&nbsp;2020-08-21, Samsung One UI 2.5 added support for <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>. This update also introduced a number of gender-inclusive designs for any emoji where gender is not specified. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-one-ui-2-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

One UI 2.5

Samsung One UI 2.0&nbsp;began rolling out to users in February 2020.&nbsp;The first major devices to launch with this release were the&nbsp;Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy Z Flip.

This update provides support to the 136 gender-neutral person&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-zwj-sequences-three-letters-many-possibilities">ZWJ sequences </a>recommended in <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>. However, the previously-released&nbsp;<a href="/woman/">👩 Woman&nbsp;</a>variant designs are displayed&nbsp;instead of a new gender-neutral design.

The 30 people holding hands emojis recommended&nbsp;in <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>&nbsp;are absent from this update.

One UI 2.1

Samsung One UI 2.0&nbsp;began rolling out to users in January 2020.

This update corrected a <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsungs-emoji-adventures/">long-standing design oddity</a> in the Samsung emoji set, where the design for <a href="/regional-indicator-symbol-letter-u/">🇺 Regional Indicator Symbol Letter U</a>&nbsp;displayed the letter V and <a href="/regional-indicator-symbol-letter-v/">🇻 Regional Indicator Symbol Letter V</a>&nbsp;displayed the letter U.

One UI 2.0

Samsung One UI 1.5 began rolling out to users in August 2019.&nbsp;The first major device&nbsp;to launch with this release was the Samsung&nbsp;Galaxy Note 10.

Updates in this release include full support for <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>, as well as&nbsp;a number of design changes&nbsp;including a change to the&nbsp;<a href="/people-with-bunny-ears/">👯 People With Bunny Ears</a> emoji designs.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-one-ui-1-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

One UI 1.5

Samsung One UI 1.0 (formerly known as Samsung Experience 10.0) began rolling out to users in&nbsp;December&nbsp;2018. The first major devices to launch with this release were the Samsung Galaxy S10 series, announced on February 20, 2019.

This release changed&nbsp;a number of emoji designs, including many animals and&nbsp;the <a href="/calendar/">📅 Calendar</a> emoji which changed to&nbsp;show&nbsp;July 17. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-one-ui-1-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

One UI 1.0

Samsung Experience 9.5 was released alongside the Galaxy Note 9 on 2018-08-24. This was Samsung&#39;s first release to support <a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-experience-9-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

⏲️ Timer Clock on Samsung Experience 9.0

⏲️ Timer Clock on Samsung Experience 9.0

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