YouTube has begun testing a new feature that allows users to express reactions during certain points in a video. Similar in style to Facebook Live and Twitch, each video’s comment section will have a separate reaction pane that will display emoji reactions by the time. Continue reading “YouTube is testing emoji-based ‘Timed Reactions’ for videos”
The Unicode Consortium is working on a list of a total 179 emojis that it will be bringing Unicode 12 in 2019. The new candidates for Unicode 12 include service dog, deaf people, and mixed-race couples. Since these are possible candidates, there’s no way to tell if these would make it up to the final list. Continue reading “Unicode 12.0 to bring 179 emojis including service dog, deaf person, more couples”
Unicode published the final Emoji 11.0 list of Emojis for 2018 back in February and today the company announced that the 11.0 will arrive on June 5th. This brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more. Continue reading “Unicode 11.0 brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more”
A new mysterious bug found on the WhatsApp is causing the app to crash, it is the black dot emoji that when touched crashes or freezes the app. It is not tapping the emoji that causes the crash as much as what lies underneath it, meaning that tapping anywhere on the message; “<
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can’t touch this” can trigger the bug. Continue reading “Black Dot emoji message could crash Android messaging apps”
Apple has proposed 13-new accessibility emojis to be joined in the upcoming Unicode emoji release. The new list includes guide dog, hearing aid, prosthetic limbs, as well as people using canes and different types of wheelchairs. The new suite also adds emoji for people with disabilities. Continue reading “Apple proposes 13 new accessibility emojis to be included in Emoji 12.0”
WhatsApp is getting its own emojis. The Facebook owned messaging app has now unveiled new set emojis that will be used in the app while chatting. Prior to this, WhatsApp used Apple’s emojis not only in its iPhone and Mac apps, but also in its apps for Android and Windows devices. Continue reading “WhatsApp brings new emojis to Android beta”
Google is updating Gboard for Android with bunch of new features to bring it in line with the iOS counterpart. The app will now offer automatic emoji and GIF suggestions, voice typing, new themes and more. Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets automatic GIF and emoji suggestions, voice typing and more”
Google has added a cool new feature that lets you search for anything by using emojis. Users will have to tweet an emoji @Google, and you will get search results on the Twitter app.
Continue reading “You can now tweet an emoji at Google for fun search results”
Apple has released new iOS 10.2 public beta for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The latest release comes with new features such as emojis, wallpapers and more. Continue reading “Apple iOS 10.2 public beta with new emojis, wallpapers and more released”
Unicode has a new collection of emojis for rollout. The non-profit corporation Unicode Consortium actively develops and maintains emoji standards internationally. It has approved 72 new emojis, and the update is scheduled for release on June 21. Continue reading “72 new emojis coming to your smartphone on June 21”
Last month, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said that social network is working on a ‘dislike’ button. Today, Facebook is testing what is possibly the dislike button but it is calling it as ‘Reactions’.
Continue reading “Facebook is testing ‘Reactions’ button that includes emojis”
Google is bringing new customization features to Gmail on Web. The Gmail app on web is getting new themes and emoji that will spruce up your email experience.
Continue reading “Gmail for Web gets hundred new themes and emojis”
The emoji icons spotted on your phone’s keyboard are all part of an international standard that ensures that the icons are visible across devices and platforms. As part of Unicode 8, the Consortium has added 41 new emoji which cover a wide range of uses and emotions including a face with rolling eyes, a hugging face, taco, cheese and even a unicorn. Continue reading “Popcorn, Cricket and Robot Emoji headed to your phone as part of Unicode 8”
Popular third party keyboard SwiftKey has released a new report that puts light on emoji usage of Hinglish users. SwiftKey analyzed more than a billion pieces of emoji data to learn how speakers of different languages use emoji.
Continue reading “Hinglish user traits highlighted in latest SwiftKey Emoji Report”
SwiftKey has updated iPhone app that brings a range of new emojis to the popular third party keyboard. The latest update bumps the SwiftKey app to version 1.3.3.
Continue reading “SwiftKey for iPhone updated with new emojis”
