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Flags

The letter&nbsp;V, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Previously this emoji incorrectly&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/regional-indicator-symbol-letter-v/" title="🇻 Regional Indicator Symbol Let­ter V on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (revised)">depicted&nbsp;the letter U</a>&nbsp;when displayed in isolation on Samsung devices.&nbsp;This was corrected in <a href="/samsung/one-ui-2.0/regional-indicator-symbol-letter-u/">January 2020</a>.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter V

The letter&nbsp;A, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City">Vatican City</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;VA&nbsp;on some platforms.

A church building, generally associated with Christian denominations. In addition quiet&nbsp;<a href="/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands">prayer</a>, churches hold regular&nbsp;<a href="/raising-hands/" title="🙌 Person Raising Both Hands In Celebration">worship</a> services, <a href="/wedding/" title="💒 Wedding">weddings</a>, <a href="/baby/" title="👶 Baby">baptisms</a> and funerals.

Church

A string of beads, as used in prayer or&nbsp;meditation&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_beads">in many religious traditions</a>. Generally depicted as red, wooden beads with a gold, decorative center bead and tassel.

Commonly used to represent various religious sentiments, jewelry, and magic.

Samsung&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/prayer-beads/">previously featured</a> a <a href="/latin-cross/">Latin cross</a>, suggesting a Christian&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary">rosary</a>, though now joins other vendor designs in resembling an Islamic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misbaha">misbaha</a> or Buddhist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_prayer_beads">mala</a>.

Prayer Beads

A building used for worship by people of any faith or religion. Examples include a <a href="/church/" title="⛪ Church">church</a>, <a href="/mosque/" title="🕌 Mosque">mosque</a>, or <a href="/synagogue/" title="🕍 Synagogue">synagogue</a>. A person is shown on their knees praying, in this symbol.

Multi-faith places of worship are commonly found at <a href="/airplane/" title="✈️ Airplane">airports</a>.

Place of Worship

A latin cross, otherwise known as a Christian cross. This cross symbol is often used as a symbol of Christianity. Similar in appearance&nbsp;to the <a href="/orthodox-cross/">Orthodox cross</a>.

Latin Cross

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;CH&nbsp;on some platforms.

This flag is red, with a white cross in the center. Unlike most global flags, it is square instead of&nbsp;rectangular.

Initially most vendors displayed this flag as a&nbsp;rectangle,&nbsp;consistent with other emoji flags, but today the majority of vendors display the flag with its accurate real-world shape.

Flag: Switzerland

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy">Italy</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;IT&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Italy

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco">Monaco</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;MC&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Monaco

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino">San Marino</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;SM&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: San Marino

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Flag: Vatican City

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.

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

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, 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.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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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.

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.

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.

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WhatsApp has its own emoji designs which are displayed on all WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Web.

One emoji supported by WhatsApp but no other platform is the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-for-texas-ustx/">Texas Flag emoji</a>. This is a valid subdivision flag supported by Unicode, but not listed within any Unicode emoji release and as of 2019 is not supported by any other major vendors.

In 2021 WhatsApp introduced a&nbsp;<a href="/refugee-nation-flag/">Refugee Nation Flag</a> as a <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ sequence</a>. Like the <a href="/flag-for-texas-ustx/">Texas Flag emoji</a>, this&nbsp;flag is&nbsp;not supported by any other major vendors.

<img alt="" src="https://em-content.zobj.net/content/2017/12/13/whatsapp-web-emojis-2017.jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

Names and meanings of all the emojis in WhatsApp for iPhone, Web, Android and Windows and new WhatsApp emojis for Android. Browse the list of WhatsApp emojis here.

💬 WhatsApp Emoji Meanings — Emojis for WhatsApp on iPhone, Android and Web (Updated: February 2024)

Beginning its rollout for Android devices on 2025-01-21, WhatsApp 2.25.1.75 debuted support for 2024&#39;s <a href="/emoji-16.0">Emoji 16.0</a> recommendations on Android devices.

A similarly timed update for WhatsApp&#39;s desktop application introduced support for the same new emojis.

This update also changed the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-martinique">Martinique flag</a> emoji.

2.25.1.75

A minor emoji update that changed the <a href="/racing-car">🏎️ Racing Car</a> emoji as part of a campaign by WhatsApp and the&nbsp;Mercedes-Benz F1 team.

2.24.8.85

Beginning rollout on 2024-02-02, WhatsApp&nbsp;2.23.2.72 debut support for a subset of 2023&#39;s <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> recommendations.

Additionally, this update introduced gender-neutral designs for a series of people emojis that previously displayed a gendered appearance on the platform.&nbsp;

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2.24.2.76

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/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

This update also changed the designs of the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/nerd-face/">🤓&nbsp;Nerd Face</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/pleading-face/">🥺&nbsp;Pleading Face</a>, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/face-holding-back-tears/">🥹&nbsp;Face Holding Back Tears</a>&nbsp;emojis.

2.23.2.72

Released 2022-04-19, this update for WhatsApp on Android devices introduced support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> emojis such as <a href="/melting-face/">🫠&nbsp;Melting Face</a>, as well as&nbsp;multiple skin tone versions of the&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 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="/people-holding-hands/">🧑&zwj;🤝&zwj;🧑 People Holding Hands</a>&nbsp;emoji from late 2019&#39;s <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, as well as many different &nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏 Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑 Couple with Heart</a> skin tone combinations from late 2020&#39;s <a href="/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="/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="/woman-beard/">🧔&zwj;♀️&nbsp;Woman: Beard</a> and updated the design of&nbsp;<a href="/person-beard/">🧔 Person: Beard</a> to be more gender neutral. The update did not, however, provide support for&nbsp;<a href="/man-beard/">🧔&zwj;♂️ Man: Beard</a>&nbsp;or the new variations of&nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>&nbsp;recommended in&nbsp;<a href="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. Included 230 <a href="/whatsapp/2.19.352/new/">new</a> emojis, plus some very minor tweaks to <a href="/whatsapp/2.19.352/changed/">three existing designs</a>.

🇻🇦 Flag: Vatican City on WhatsApp 2.25.1.75

🇻🇦 Flag: Vatican City on WhatsApp 2.25.1.75

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