Though the sun has set on summer fun in many parts of the world, the emoji world is still just as alive as ever. And as the leaves begin to enter the season of change, so, too changes the emoji ecosystem. 🌇🍂
Unicode’s official approval of the most recent batch of emojis proposed in late 2024 means 163 new emojis will be appearing on global devices over the next year. 🆕📋
New additions include a Distorted Face, a Fight Cloud, Ballet Dancers, and a Big Foot-inspired Hairy Creature, as shown above in our Emojipedia sample design style. 🩰👣
This batch was recommended in a draft list in November 2024, and all the proposals officially received the proverbial rubber stamp last week, except one: the Apple Core emoji, which is now listed for next year’s presumed Unicode 18.0 release. 🍏❓
As has been the case over the last few years, Google has debuted the designs for these emojis in this latest just-approved cohort. 🎨🔡
Meanwhile, Microsoft’s latest update brings support for 2024’s Emoji 16.0 to the vendor’s devices, while Facebook has also begun its rollout of last year’s emoji list, with these designs expected to appear in our archives soon. 🪟🔵
This edition of the Emoji Wrap closes out with a look at the education-centric emojis students are likely to use as they start a new school year on campuses and in classrooms worldwide. Plus, we get down to business with our guide to using emojis in the digital workplace and in online professional settings. 📚🏢
✨ New Emojis
🆕 What’s New In Unicode 17.0
The latest release from Unicode features 7 new emojis in Emoji 17.0, as well as support for different skin tone sequences for two existing people emojis.
New emoji additions include a Distorted Face, a Fight Cloud, Ballet Dancers, a Big Foot-inspired Hairy Creature, a Treasure Chest, and more.
The rollout of Emoji 17.0 will happen over the next several months, with the new emojis expected to appear on global devices throughout 2026.
🖌️ Google Debuts Emoji 17.0 Support
Google has officially unveiled its designs for the just-approved emojis in Emoji 17.0, which were given the official go-ahead by Unicode last week. These 7 new emojis and existing emojis with new skin tone sequence support, mentioned above, have been added to the Noto Color Emoji and Noto Emoji Google Fonts pages.
Users can expect to see the new emojis appear on their hardware over the next year.
🪟 Emoji 16.0 Now Available For Windows 11
Microsoft’s newest update for Windows 11, launched at the end of August, also features support for Emoji 16.0 in both the 2D and 3D renderings of its Fluent emoji design set.
The 7 emojis now available for use on the devices include the Face With Bags Under Eyes, the Fingerprint, and the Splatter, among others. Missing is the Flag: Sark, in line with the vendor’s previous decision not to support any geographic flag emojis.
📰 News
🧑🍳 Google Device Users Can Now Save Emoji Kitchen Creations
As a part of the company’s September Pixel Drop, Google has added the ability for its devices’ users to store custom sticker creations in a dedicated section of their Emoji Kitchen browsers.
The upgraded Emoji Kitchen functionality, which allows users to no longer have to generate a random and variable emoji sticker combination each time they use the feature, is expected to roll out across Android devices over the coming months.
💭 Interesting
🎒The Back-To-School Emojis For The Academic Season
Around much of the world, students are gearing up to return to classrooms and campuses as they open their books on a new academic year.
We’ve compiled a guide to all the textbook emojis that represent the educational experience, including the people and places that make school, well, school, plus the essentials students have depended on throughout history for learning and enrichment in and outside the classroom.
💼 Emojis in Professional Settings: Risky Business?
Though emojis are often associated with playful fun, viral memes, and casual online conversation, that’s not to say there’s no role for emojis in workplace communication and professional digital discourse.
We run through which emojis have become standard and appropriate in corporate contexts, on platforms like LinkedIn, Slack, and beyond, and how they’re typically used to make office life that much more expressive.
🌊🐴 ChatGPT Goes Completely Haywire If You Ask It to Show You a Seahorse Emoji
Asking ChatGPT about whether or not there’s a seahorse emoji has been leading to pretty bizarre results, as detailed here by Fortune.
To answer the obvious question: there isn’t a Unicode-approved seahorse emoji, as we here at Emojipedia have previously documented here.
🤗 Lastly
With that, we close out the 69th edition of the Emoji Wrap, say goodbye to summer, and usher in an awesome emoji autumn. 🌇🍂
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