New emojis include gender inclusive couple, people with disabilities, garlic and more

A handful of the 230 new emojis coming your
way this year.
Emojipedia
New year, new emojis. Unicode Consortium, the
organization that approves and standardizes
emojis, approved 230 new emojis that will come
to platforms including iOS and Android this
year. A large number of the 230 emojis are of
couples of different genders and skin tones
holding hands. A subset of those emojis include
gender inclusive couples for users who do not
subscribe to any particular gender. Unicode also
expanded emojis to represent more people with
disabilities. This includes a deaf person in
different skin tones, prosthetic mechanical
limbs, a service dog and more.
Video: Emoji dos and don’ts
Emojis are small graphics and smiley faces you
can send with your keyboard and incorporate in
messages and online text. They are widely used
throughout the world and this year’s additions
expand to include gender inclusive couples,
people with different disabilities and a variety
of foods and animals, according to Emojipedia .
Other new emojis include a head of garlic, an
otter, a sari and a white heart (which,
according to Emojipedia, was one of the most
requested emojis).
Used to illustrate emotions and reactions,
emojis are incredibly popular with users for
day-to-day communication. In 2015 the crying
face emoji (😂) was selected as the word of
the year and The Emoji Movie, which centered
around the lives of emojis, was released in
2017.

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