New Emojis Have Us Smiling
Eight new emojis are coming to phones everywhere. Do you approve?
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These are the sample designs for the eight newly approved emojis that will soon be available on phones everywhere.
There’s good news for people who love to sprinkle their messages with emojis. Eight new emojis are coming to phones and computers worldwide. The designs, which include a purple splat and a tired face, are set to hit devices in 2025.
Emojipedia recently unveiled its new sample designs for the emojis, which were then approved by Unicode Consortium, the organization in charge of maintaining global emoji standards. They’re called sample designs because Apple, Google, and other tech companies will be allowed to create specific versions for their devices.
The emojis include a tired face with bags under its eyes, a human fingerprint, a purple paint splatter, a root vegetable, a dead tree, a small harp, a shovel, and the flag of Sark (an island in the English Channel).
As with all emojis, users will be able to interpret and apply them however they wish. But at least one of the new designs has a purpose. The dead tree is meant to raise awareness about drought, which is one effect of climate change.
“Drought is a natural part of [the] climate cycle, [and] for millions of years trees have adapted to these harsh conditions,” said Brian Baihaki, who submitted the design to Unicode for approval. “But the climate is changing, [and] drought [has] become more frequent, severe, and even spread to other places in [a] short amount of time.”
But the tired face may end up being the most popular of the new lineup, having won “Most Anticipated Emoji” at the World Emoji Awards in 2024 with more than 62 percent of the vote. The paint splatter came in second, followed by the shovel.