Emoji 13.1 to Bring 217 New Emojis; Coming to Supported Devices in 2021
Sep. 27, 2020Earlier this year, following thedelay-announcement of the Emoji v14, we saw the global emoji-making organization, the Unicode Consortium, approve new emojis that will be added as a13.1 update. Now, the organization has announced the approval of hundreds of new emojis.
With Emoji v13.1, the Unicode Consortium-approved emojis include217 new emojis. Amongst these, there are some that might have been created to depict our reactions and our state in these trying times. These include a new “face in the cloud” emoji, a “face exhaling” emoji, a “face with spiral eyes” emoji, a “heart on fire” emoji, and a “mending heart” emoji.
Although all these emojis do look cute, however,it looks like some of these depict the current state of us, the humans, amidst this year’s chaosaround the world. The upcoming face emojis aptly shows most of our reactions after watching the recent statistics of the Coronavirus or hearing about yet another disaster somewhere in the world.
Along with the announcement of these new emojis, the Unicode Consortium also announced the release timelines of the upcoming emoji pack versions.
As the global economies continue to fall and the death count due to the pandemic continues to rise, there is nothing much we can do other than locking ourselves indoors to prevent the spread of the virus. And as conveying our emotions via emojis has become a norm in this texting-era, these new emojis should be perfect for users during the ongoing crisis and the current status of our world.
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