Once again, a ton of new emoji are headed to your devices for the new year.
The Unicode Consortium on Wednesday announced the finalized emoji 13 characters that will be introduced alongside Unicode 13 in 2020, and which will eventually be adopted by Apple for use on the iPhone, iPad, Macs, and more.
There will be a total of 62 new emoji in this year’s Emoji 13 update, including a smiling face with tear, polar bear, seal, bubble tea, pickup truck, fondue, teapot, magic wand, beetle, and piñata.
The new emoji are organized via the following criteria:
– Faces – Smiling Face with Tear, Disguised Face
– People – Ninja, Person in Tuxedo, Woman in Tuxedo, Person with Veil, Man with Veil, Woman Feeding Baby, Person Feeding Baby, Man Feeding Baby, Mx. Claus, People Hugging
– Body Parts – Pinched fingers, anatomical heart, lungs
– Animals – Black Cat, Bison, Mammoth, Beaver, Polar Bear, Dodo, Seal, Beetle, Cockroach, Fly, Worm
– Food – Blueberries, Olive, Bell Pepper, Flatbread, Fondue, Bubble Tea
– Household – Potted Plant, Teapot, Piñata, Magic Wand, Nesting Dolls, Sewing Needle, Mirror, Window, Plunger, Mouse Trap, Bucket, Toothbrush
– Miscellaneous – Feather, Rock, Wood, Hut, Pickup Truck, Roller Skate, Knot, Coin, Boomerang, Screwdriver, Carpentry Saw, Hook, Ladder, Elevator, Headstone, Placard, Transgender Symbol, Transgender Flag
– Clothing – Thong Sandal, Military Helmet
– Musical Instruments – Accordion, Long Drum
The update also includes 55 gender and skin-tone variants, alongside new gender-inclusive emojis.
Apple will adopt the new Unicode 13 emoji characters at some point in 2020, likely in the fall as an update to iOS 14. Apple last year introduced Unicode 12 emojis in the iOS 13.2 update that was released in October.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors