Those were both added to the Unicode standard, but then late in the process, it was decided that those would not be considered as emoji characters. They won’t make it onto, say, your iPhone.

They’ll “likely” show up on devices in the spring of 2026, Unicode’s Erik Thompson says in an email. Yes, that’s a long ways away, but the process of making an emoji is actually pretty ...

INTRODUCTION In the modern era of digital communication, emojis have seamlessly integrated into our online interactions, ...

And Unicode, in its noble quest to grant us tiny images for five different boats, must go through a process that requires a 53-question form, a final proposal of a few thousand words, then make it ...

Interracial couples. A guide dog for blind people. A person using a wheelchair. These were among the new emojis announced this week by the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit that provides standards ...

Shirriff’s 14-page proposal was the second to be considered by the Unicode Committee, and brings to a close a process that began in fits and starts as far back as 2011.

Today is World Emoji Day, and the Unicode Consortium is sharing a preview of some of the new emoji that should hit your devices early next year as part of Unicode 17.0. If you ask me, it’s a promising ...