A report last year revealed that WhatsApp was working on its own animated emoji, something that its competitor Telegram already has. After introducing the first animated emoji in beta for Android ...

As reported last year, the Unicode Consortium had teased eight new emoji that would become available on platforms such as iOS and Android. Now with the official release of iOS 18.4 to the public, ...

As a part of the Android 16 QPR3 beta update that rolled out to Google Pixel phones yesterday, Google has also updated its emoji set to include a few refreshed designs ahead of a larger update to come ...

Apple released the iOS 17.4 beta, and it’s a big deal for folks in the European Union because of the new framework for distributing iOS apps from alternative app marketplace. But for those of us ...

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Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, and while the update didn't include any new emoji, a future iOS 26 update will bring nine new emoji to your iPhone. On July 17, also known as World Emoji Day, the ...

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