If you're one of those people who hate emojis in your text conversations, look away now. iOs, in its newest update, now included 72 more of them just to bug the hell out of the user in a rather bizarre move like anyone had requested it.
These emoji will be making their way to iPhone and iPad soon. The Unicode standards body this week 'released' the latest round of new emoji characters, including sneezing face, drooling face, 'selfie', boxing glove and 'face palm'.
Here, you can take a look about the new ones.
The Unicode body frequently approves new groups of emoji but it takes time for the new imagery to be incorporated into manufacturer's devices. Unicode 9.0 was officially released last June 21 after being approved earlier this month but the board expects the graphics to roll out to OS's like iOS and Android in the fall.
Apple will likely add these emoji into iPhone and iPad sometime in the iOS 10 cycle; if it misses the initial iOS 10.0 launch, then they will likely appear with a point-update like 10.1 or 10.2. It's worth noting that the current iOS 10 beta seeds do not include these new emoji but it is very possible that they show up in a later build.
Two emojis were not a part of Unicode 9 thanks to objections from the voting committee which includes representatives from Apple. Apple said it would not support the addition of a 'rifle' emoji to the set and the motion was carried. This means emoji for 'rifle' and 'modern pentathlon' will not be included as both include gun iconography.They largely follow the same themes as popular emoji already in use, from facial expressions to hand symbols, animals and food.
A significant new roster of sports and medal-style glyphs are also being introduced just in time for the Rio Olympics.According to sources in the room, Apple started the discussion to remove the rifle emoji, which had already passed into the encoding process for the Unicode 9.0 release this June. Apple told the consortium it would not support a rifle on its platforms and asked for it not to be made into an emoji. "I heard Apple speak up about it and also Microsoft," one-member present at the discussions told BuzzFeed News.
Although these were adopted by Unicode in June, smartphone users will have to wait for an update from their manufacturer. The new emoji could be introduced with iOS 10 and Android N, due to be released later this year.
