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Using World Emoji Day as the excuse, Apple on Tuesday previewed some of the emoji it will be adding to iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS in supporting Unicode 12.0.
One "major" update will be to the "holding hands" emoji, Apple said. People will be able to mix and match any combination of gender and skin color to represent different relationships, whether straight or gay.
Following up on earlier Apple proposals, Unicode 12.0 will also include more emoji for the disabled, such as a guide dog and prosthetic limbs.
Some other additions include a waffle, a falafel, butter, and garlic in terms of food, and new animals such as a flamingo, orangutan, skunk, and three-toed sloth. In all, Apple's Unicode set will include 59 new designs.
Apple promised the new emoji in free software updates this fall, presumably referring to iOS 13, iPadOS 13, watchOS 6, and macOS Catalina. In theory though the characters could be reserved for subsequent point releases.
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There must be a PhD in how this came about.
Loving all of the diversity and inclusion but like most of the emoji's currently available there are a lot of emojis that I do not personally use and would like a way to tidy up the emoji selection screen. (Even though I fit into one of those new emojis.)
So I think it would be great if I could create a new keyboard of just the picto's I use, or highlight/rearrange the existing panel (or simply hide the unused ones.)
E.g. Astrological signs, sad/sick/dying emoji faces, various flags of the world/animals/symbols, moon phases, sports and grandfathered japanese icons. I have no use for these and they're just clutter to me.
Also, in before someone says it, no the new symbols aren't breaking emoji or making it too difficult to choose - emoji was never concise to begin with.
Am I the only person that does not give a f#@k about emojis?