Just when you thought there was an emoji for almost everything, here we have new emojis to celebrate all kinds of lives. Now you can make your social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram more colourful and vibrant. In 2019, in an effort of making conversations more inclusive and diverse, we will see new emojis introduced for both Android and IOS, and that can be used in different social media such as Facebook.com, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram. Unicode has announced a list of exciting new emoji that will be introduced to your devices in 2019. The list includes 59 new emojis that will have 171 variants in terms of gender and skin tone, taking the count to 230. The most amazing things about the newly added emojis are they are inclusive of various skin colour and have a lot of diversity. They are inclusive of people with disabilities as well. The new list of emojis includes a prosthetic mechanical arm, hearing aids used by deaf persons, etc. ‘Small Penis Emoji’ and ‘Period Emoji’: Internet Thrilled With the Addition of 230 New Emojis to Make Debut in 2019.
Take a look at some of the new emojis.
👀 Video: All #emoji12 additions now approved https://t.co/MOsc2b2QBH pic.twitter.com/sTHSMZg9SE
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 5, 2019
The ringed planet emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Ringed Planet https://t.co/AR2aypjnrH pic.twitter.com/7IT8O1bivb
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
The autorickshaw emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Auto Rickshaw https://t.co/7x0mQdLnbE pic.twitter.com/CRO8YximMm
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
Hindu temple emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Hindu Temple https://t.co/HIE3jfj0ap pic.twitter.com/BBDNwA7c3y
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
White heart emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: White Heart https://t.co/C6XRAOdnxv pic.twitter.com/hFaLkFhRXh
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
The brown heart emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Brown Heart https://t.co/ie56P3iEHm pic.twitter.com/Sxb2nNLtNo
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
Man kneeling emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Man Kneeling https://t.co/Kl6i6lHZX2 pic.twitter.com/bH4BvV85fd
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
Woman kneeling
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Woman Kneeling https://t.co/Kid134j4Pa pic.twitter.com/ogYT9xBNRc
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 7, 2019
Sari Emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Sari https://t.co/x7vz6Kcnms pic.twitter.com/Inhl17ZeFV
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 6, 2019
Safety vest emoji
✅ Approved in #emoji12: Safety Vest https://t.co/zTCfiMBxNy pic.twitter.com/xZADvG6JqB
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) February 6, 2019
A group that helps make open standards to allow people to use computers around the world called the Unicode Consortium, believe that the new emoji group will hit phones later this year. Updates will begin in April and continue through the end of the year, according to Emojipedia.
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