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iOS 26.4 beta 3 has a new build (23E5223k), but the Emoji 17.0 situation remains unchanged.

The Unicode characters are still present within the emoji keyboard (as they were in build 23E5223f), but they continue to lack proper designs, displaying as "missing characters".

The code point for Emoji 17.0’s Distorted Face is present in the Apple iOS 26.4 beta 3 emoji keyboard, currently rendering as a “missing character” box with a question mark.

The code point for Emoji 17.0’s Fight Cloud appears in emoji search results, though it renders as a “missing character” box with a question mark.

#ICYMI Earlier today, Apple released iOS 26.4 beta 3.

While the update didn’t add any new emoji designs, recommendations from Emoji 17.0 have been added to the emoji keyboard and are searchable, albeit rendering as “missing characters.”

View Emoji 17.0: emojipedia.org/emoji-17.0

Emojis from Emoji 17.0 appearing in Apple's emoji keyboard search function in iOS 26.4 beta 3 without displaying emoji designs.

Today, Apple released iOS 26.4 beta 3. While the update does not include new emoji artwork for Emoji 17.0's recommendations, the newly assigned Unicode characters and sequences have been added into the emoji keyboard’s search.

View Emoji 17.0 here: emojipedia.org/emoji-17.0

The 2026/2027 Emoji List Could Change This Week The draft list of emoji recommendations for Emoji 18.0 may be revised this week. The Emoji Standard & Research Working Group (ESR) is recommending that Face With Squinting Eyes be replaced by a Cracki...

Per the minutes of last week’s UTC #186 meeting, the previously proposed Face With Squinting Eyes has been replaced by a proposed Cracking Face emoji in the 2026–2027 draft emoji list.

Learn more here: blog.emojipedia.org/the-2026-2027-emoji-list-could-change-this-week/

Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018 - 2026 Just under eight years ago, we here at Emojipedia hypothesized that 2018 would be a year of emoji design convergence. Today, we look back at the major emoji updates made since early 2018, covering bot...

Nearly eight years ago, we predicted 2018 would be a year of major emoji design convergence. Now we’re looking back to see how well that prediction aged, covering both convergence and some deliberate divergences.

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Over this past weekend the 🐧 Penguin emoji experienced a 400+% jump in popularity on Emojipedia. #nihilisticpenguin

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The 2026/2027 Emoji List Could Change This Week The draft list of emoji recommendations for Emoji 18.0 may be revised this week. The Emoji Standard & Research Working Group (ESR) is recommending that Face With Squinting Eyes be replaced by a Cracki...

The draft list of emoji recommendations for 2026/2027 may be revised this week, as Unicode's Emoji Standard & Research Working Group (ESR) is set to recommend that the previously listed Face With Squinting Eyes be swapped out for a new Cracking Face.

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Draft Emoji List for 2026/2027 As the new calendar year continues to unfold, let's review the latest list of proposed new emojis that could find their way to our standard emoji keyboards later in 2026. Possible new emojis include a...

As the new calendar year continues to unfold, let's review the latest list of proposed new emojis that could find their way to our standard emoji keyboards later in 2026. Possible new emojis include a squinting face, two new thumb sign gestures, and a pickle.

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Draft Emoji List for 2026/2027 As the new calendar year continues to unfold, let's review the latest list of proposed new emojis that could find their way to our standard emoji keyboards later in 2026. Possible new emojis include a...

As the new calendar year continues to unfold, let's review the latest list of proposed new emojis that could find their way to our standard emoji keyboards later in 2026. Possible new emojis include a squinting face, two new thumb sign gestures, and a pickle.

blog.emojipedia.org/draft-emoji-...

🎃 Jack-O-Lantern Emoji | Meaning, Copy And Paste An orange pumpkin carved into the shape of a face and commonly known as a Jack-o’-lantern.  The number and shape of its carved teeth vary by vendo...

#NowTrending on Emojipedia: 🎃 Jack-O-Lantern

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What's New In Unicode 17.0 Today Unicode has officially confirmed the new emojis that will be finding their way to our emoji keyboards over the next year or so.

Unicode 17.0 and Emoji 17.0 will be approved today, recommending 164 additional emojis for release across our devices 🆕📋

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Major Moments In Emoji History: 1995* to 2025 Yesterday, as part of our World Emoji Day 2025 celebrations, we published a detailed history of the Twemoji emoji design set. Now, we’re discussing broader emoji history with Keith Houston, author of the newly released "Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji".

To mark World-Emoji-Day-slash-book-publication-day, I sat down with Emojipedia's Keith Broni for what turned out to be an 💥epic💥 discussion about the past, present and future of emoji. Read it at Emojipedia (blog.emojipedia.org/...)!
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Here to celebrate WORLD EMOJI DAY! 🥳 The annual celebration of all things emoji. 😊

#emoji #worldemojiday

This is excellent news for emoji nerds!

Emojitracker Is Back Today, as part of this year’s World Emoji Day celebrations, Emojipedia is pleased to announce the long-anticipated relaunch of the real-time emoji analysis site EmojiTracker.com.

Ahead of #WorldEmojiDay (July 17 📅) this week, Emojipedia is pleased to announce the long-anticipated relaunch of the real-time emoji analysis site EmojiTracker.com 💫📈

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So, if you had to choose just ✨ONE ✨ single emoji to sum up the year so far, which would you pick?🤔⤵️

Hands On With iOS 26's Genmoji Mixes Earlier this week, Apple unveiled iOS 26 and released its first developer beta. The beta introduces new options for Genmoji, including the ability to use emojis as prompts to create new "mixes".

Earlier this week, Apple unveiled iOS 26 and released its first developer beta. The beta introduces new options for Genmoji, including the ability to use emojis as prompts to create new "mixes".

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A series of different emojis that have been involved in Gen Z's often chaotic and ironic emoji swapping meme: the Face With Tears of Joy, Skull, Chair, Aerial Tramway, Loudly Crying Face, Broken Heart, Wilted Flower, and Low Battery.

TikTok users are once again ditching “mainstream” emojis for often absurdist alternatives in meme-ified movements designed to confuse, amuse, and divide the in-group from the rest.

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Upfixes and faces with matching and mismatching facial expressions across both conventional and unconventional upfixes

In our new paper, my student Lenneke Lichtenberg investigated the non-literal and literal meanings of "upfixes" – things like hearts and gears that float above characters heads: "Understanding lightbulb moments: Meaning-making in visual morphology from comics and emoji" rdcu.be/epSkf

Japanese carrier Docomo is discontinuing its emoji set, which was last updated in 2013 and became one of the most influential in history after its debut in 1999 (Keith Broni/Emojipedia)

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Book giveaway for Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji by Keith Houston May 07-May 25, 2025 Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from May 07-May 25, 2025. A vibrant exploration of the world’s newest language—where it came...

Apropos of the first reviews appearing for “Face with Tears of Joy”, US readers can now enter a giveaway to win one of 10 copies! The competition is here (www.goodreads.com/gi...), and it runs until the 25th of May. Good luck!

(I'll be running a giveaway soon for readers in the rest of the world.)

Docomo Emoji Set To Be Officially Discontinued This week, it was announced that Docomo’s emoji designs will no longer appear on any of the Japanese mobile network’s devices. This marks the end of an emoji era that first began in 1999, even though ...

After 26 years of availability, the Docomo emoji design set will soon no longer be implemented on any further devices within Japan.

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How to Write the Worst Emoji Proposal Ever A masterclass in getting my emoji rejected

2025 Emoji submissions are now open and I'm here to help you write the worst proposal possible!! 😜😈👻💀

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Today @unicode.org has resumed accepting public proposals for brand new emojis 🥳

Proposals will be accepted until July 31 2025, with successful proposals most likely being included in Emoji 18.0 recommendations in September 2026.

Read more here 🔗👇
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New emojis in today’s Apple release: Face with Bags Under Eyes, Fingerprint, Splatter, Root Vegetable, Leafless Tree, Harp, Shovel, and Flag: Sark.

Apple has officially introduced eight new emoji designs in iOS 18.4, including a paint splatter, a harp, and a face with bags under its eyes.

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A Constellation of Astrology Emojis 🌌🔮 As we observe the arrival of the Spring Equinox, emojis can help us make sense of the cosmos and channel our inner astrologers.

Happy #AstrologyDay! 🌌🔮 As we observe the arrival of the Spring Equinox, emojis can help us make sense of the cosmos and channel our inner astrologers 🔗👇

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Pi Day + International Day of Mathematics: An Infinite, Irrational Emoji Celebration

March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day. It’s an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi), which is equal to 3.14159265… (and on, and on, and on, and on…)

π is calculated by dividing a circle’s circumference by its diameter. There’s no official pi emoji, but people often honor the holiday with the… pie emoji!

March 14 is also the International Day of Mathematics, first proclaimed by UNESCO in 2019 to coincide with Pi Day. Classic math-related emojis are the 4 symbols for elementary arithmetic: the plus sign, the minus sign, the multiplication sign, and the division sign.

Today, the emoji math is definitely mathing. Happy #PiDay and #InternationalMathematicsDay! 🧮🥧 #emojis #math #numbers #holidays

Two rows of women emojis with different professions, shown in three different design sets (Apple, Samsung, and Google).

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay 2025

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Will the Syrian Flag Emoji be changed? When? Given recent events in Syria, Emojipedia has received many questions regarding when the country's emoji flag will be updated to reflect its new political leadership. Here we detail the process for an ...

Learn more about the 🇸🇾 Flag for Syria and other flag emoji design changes here 🔗👇

blog.emojipedia.org/will-the-syr...

Flag for Syria with new design in iOS 18.4 beta 2.

iOS 18.4 beta 2 also changed the design if the 🇸🇾 Flag for Syria emoji to the current de facto flag.

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