Meet 'Distorted Face' and 'Hairy Creature' – these are the 163 new emojis coming in 2026, and Android 16 users can get them now

As per Emojipedia, there are in fact just seven new basic emojis: Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Orca, Hairy Creature (think ...

Android 16 QPR3 introduces over 160 new emoji: Here’s every single one of them

Google is introducing over 160 new emoji in the Android 16 QPR3 update next March. Here's all the new emoji coming to your Pixel phone!

Android 16 QPR3 beta 1 unlocks Unicode 17's new emoji set

For reference, Unicode 17.0 came out on September 9, introducing well over 160 new characters. The current stable version of Android 16 doesn't support said characters and the emojis that come with it ...
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Here's an Early Look at the New Emoji Coming to Your iPhone in 2026

In 2024, the Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as ...
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A Brief History of Twitter’s New 𝕏 Logo, Which Is Actually Meant for Typing Out Math

Twitter’s new logo is a Unicode character from a math alphabets subset. The previous logo was refined over more than a decade and heavily regulated online. The “Twitter X” dates back to 2001 as part ...