The Unicode 18 draft is here! From the long-awaited Pickle to the Lighthouse and Meteor, see the new emojis coming to iOS 27 and what's arriving in iOS 26.4.

Apple has yet to adopt the Unicode 17 characters, which were officially revealed in July 2025. Unicode 17 emojis are set to come to iPhone with a future update to iOS 26, likely iOS 26.4 in March or ...

A new batch of emojis have been approved for iOS 26. A new batch of emojis has been approved for iOS 26. Surprisingly enough, Apple or Google isn’t the ones that decide which emojis come to your phone ...

Today is World Emoji Day, and the organization that decides which new emoji your iPhone gets has announced this year’s latest crop. Here are the new emoji that will be added in an upcoming version of ...

Apple is expected to introduce nine new emojis, such as a squinting smiley face, monarch butterfly, and pickle, with the iOS ...

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Apple may introduce new emojis in its iOS 27 update which could include a squinting smiley face, butterfly, and pickle.

In celebration of World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium this week confirmed the new emoji characters that will be added to Unicode 17 in the fall. Emoji characters that are coming include trombone, ...

Once the new emoji are confirmed, Apple will need to release new versions of watchOS, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to support the ...

The new emoji will be part of the Unicode 17.0 release, which is scheduled for this fall. They won’t be available when iOS 26 arrives in September, however. Since Apple adopts its own style for new ...