Check out 37 new emojis to annoy your friends with the arrival of Unicode 14.0

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We have been waiting for Unicode 14.0 since it was delayed last year due to the ongoing pandemic. After giving us an early preview in time for World Emoji Day in July, the Unicode Consortium officially unveils its newly added emoji for 2021, with some long-awaited additions.

While 37 new emojis may not seem like much, it’s a much larger collection than the seven added last year. This number does not include all the variations and skin tones included in this version, which add up to 112 new designs. There’s a greeting, a single eye looking, a face that melts, and even a face that holds back tears, perfect for the next time a friend sends you messages of support.

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Aside from faces, options include the pregnant man and the pregnant person, various hand positions and more. A new “heart hands” emoji should be a fun way to tell the important people in your life that you love them, while a troll icon should give a proper response to just about anyone on Twitter.

In general, they are similar to what we saw in July, with a couple of minor changes applied to specific icons. Tears of joy emoji, for example, now smile and offer a completely different thrill from the original design two months ago.

The Unicode Consortium also, for the first time, officially adds formal support for different skin tones with the hands-on application emoji, something all major developers except Apple had added on their own. This change should unify their appearance across all platforms, so that when you send text messages to your friends with iPhone, they’ll actually see your skin tone instead of a yellow tone.

These emojis will appear in a future Android update, probably scheduled for 2022. Of course, Google has figured out how to bring the latest emoji to older platforms with Gboard and Messages, so don’t be surprised if you see them on your phone sooner rather than later. .

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