2020 emoji update includes more than 100 new emojis

5 Feb 2020

2020 emoji update includes more than 100 new emojis

2020 emoji update includes more than 100 new emojisWe read about World Emoji Day. Now, lets about the new emojis that are coming to your phone this year.

Unicode Consortium released a total of 117 new emoji as a part of the new 2020 emoji update.

These new symbols form a part of Emoji 13.0 and will be rolled out in the second half of 2020.
 	New symbols include a variety of gender-inclusive symbols like a gender-neutral 'Santa' and a gender-neutral 'person' in a tuxedo and a moustachioed man in wedding veils.
 	Other new symbols include a smiley face shedding a single tear, a face with 'Groucho glasses,' a person bottle-feeding a baby, a heart, an Italian hand gesture, transgender flag and a bubble tea.
 	Italian Hand gestures are a form of nonverbal communication specific to the Italian people and include questions like who? where? why? or what?

The manufacturers of smartphones and other devices can include the new emojis in devices via a software update.

What is Unicode Consortium?

Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit organisation that sets the standards for emoji compatibility and releases new symbols.
 	Companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft then apply modified versions of the designs to their own operating systems.

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