New emoji are finally coming to iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches this fall. And in celebration of World Emoji Day, Apple has unveiled a sneak preview of the new emoji that we can expect to land on our devices later this year.
New emoji will be added to categories including smiley faces, activities, food, animals, and more. Here are all of the official details we have available.
2019’s New Emoji
Apple says that a significant update is coming to the “Holding Hands” emoji, allowing for advanced customization options including gender and skin tones creating 75+ unique combinations.
New food items are finally coming like butter, garlic, a falafel, and a waffle.
Apple notes that a smiley face for yawning is coming, which will add some much-needed attitude to your teenager’s text messages. You can also see a one-piece bathing suit, a safety vest, as well as an orange saree.
Thanks to Apple’s proposal to the Unicode Consortium, new emoji highlighting users facing disabilities will become available. Those include a guide/service dog, wheelchairs, a hearing aid, prosthetic limbs and more.
Do you like animals? Sure, you do! Get excited about new sloth, skunk, orangutan, and flamingo emoji, too.
Apple says that all-in-all 59 exciting new emoji are coming this fall with free software updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
Learn more about the highly-anticipated, upcoming iOS 13 update here (or find out how to download and install the public beta right now).