Zac Hall <https://9to5mac.com/author/apollozac/>
Update: These new emoji unveiled last year are now available in iOS 17.4
beta. These are the finalized designs:
Original story follows:
World Emoji Day is upon us, and that means Emojipedia has prepared a
potential preview of what's coming in the wild world of emoji.
Emoji 15.1, which will likely come to Apple devices in spring 2024, includes
a change in direction for over 100 existing emoji characters.
No, not like a new art style or something. A literal change in which
direction these emoji can face. Emojipedia
<https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-emojis-in-2023/> highlights 108 draft
characters that currently face left but could gain the ability to face the
opposite direction.
The real action around Emoji 15.1 includes these likely candidates:
* phoenix bird
* brown mushroom
* broken chain
* lime
* head shaking vertically
* head shaking horizontally
Other candidates include new combinations of bust(s) in silhouette emoji
characters with gender-neutral depictions of families.
Emoji 15.1 is currently in draft form.
The final list of new emoji characters and changes will be set in stone in
September. Check out the full illustrative preview of what Apple's new emoji
set could look like at Emojipedia here
<https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-emojis-in-2023/> .
I'm looking forward to the yes/no nod emoji characters myself, although the
head shake previews provided look could be confused with human planet emoji
and telekinesis emoji.
As a reminder, World Emoji Day is set for July 17, i.e. the date on the
emoji calendar, so plan accordingly.
9to5Mac.
