A shaking head, a pair of five-high hands, and an afro hairstyle are set to hit smartphones over the next year as the draft list for Emoji 15.0 is revealed.
Three new heart tones have been introduced: light blue, pink and gray, as well as some animals such as a donkey and a goose, peas and ginger vegetables, and cultural artifacts such as maracas and a flute. of wood.
Two new icons have also been introduced: a pink Khanda to represent Sikhism alongside the other major religions in the world and a blue wifi logo.
The Unicode Consortium, an industry body that manages text rendering standards, is responsible for approving new emojis designs before individual smartphone makers choose how to render them. For eight years, the online resource Emojipedia has provided “sample images,” illustrating the new emoji in the style of Apple’s iOS emojis set, to help visualize how designs will appear in web updates. next year.
This year’s new emojis cohort is the smallest ever produced and has no “person” type entries. Photography: Emojipedia
“Also, because this is just a draft list of emojis, each emoji is subject to change before final approval in September 2022,” said Keith Broni, editor-in-chief of Emojipedia. “However, it’s worth noting that most of the candidates for the draft emojis have ended up on the final list in recent years.”
Pink Heart is a specially coveted new emoji, Broni added, and has been one of the most popular emoji requests since the company began tracking it in 2016. But aside from this is a very fine selection for emoji enthusiasts: the Emoji 15.0 update is the smallest ever, with only 31 new symbols being introduced. Last year, in Emoji 14.0, more than 100 were introduced. And, for the first time, there is no new “person-style” emoji among the new additions.
The draft list will end in September, when device manufacturers will be able to begin their own implementation. For iOS, it usually arrives in January of each year, while Android phones vary by manufacturer.