In celebration of World Emoji Day, Apple has just revealed a new set of 59 emojis that will be available through an update in Fall 2019 for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The new designs bring even more diversity to the keyboard, alongside fun and exciting additions to popular categories of food, animals, activities and smiley faces.
For the Holding Hands emoji used to represent couples and relationships, you will be able to select any combination of skin tone, in addition to gender, to personalise the people holding hands, opening up more than 75 possible combinations.
Following Apple’s proposal to the Unicode Consortium last year to introduce more disability-themed emoji, a new guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, wheelchairs, a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg will be available in the emoji keyboard. Celebrating diversity in all its many forms is integral to Apple’s values and these new options help fill a significant gap in the emoji keyboard.
Many additional emoji categories are getting exciting updates with a new smiley face for yawning, a one-piece swimsuit, new food items including a waffle, falafel, butter and garlic, and new animals like the sloth, flamingo, orangutan and skunk.
Apple’s new Pride Edition Sports Loop watch band for Apple Watch is now readily available in Singapore’s Apple Stores. Remember to match the watch bands with the Pride Watch faces too.
Google Also Adds New Emojis For Android Q
Google had also made an announcement that with the release of Android Q later this year, it will be adding 65 new emojis to it’s current collection. From super cute Orangutan to festive holidays, express yourself even better when you can’t seem to find the words.
Just like Apple’s support of inclusiveness, Google has also designed 71 couples with different skin tones and 53 emojis with gender inclusive designs.
