230 new emojis in final list for 2019

The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by Unicode Consortium and includes total of 230 new emojis coming to major platforms this year..   Additions include drafted candidates such as Flamingo, Guide Dog, and Otter, and Waffle, Hindu Temple, Sari, Sloth, and Mate..   By developers to add emoji support to operating systems, Links to data files, documentation and updated charts are all linked within Unicode's post, and will be used, apps, and web platforms throughout 2019...   One of the most frequent requests sent to Emojipedia is about the lack of emoji or emojis to represent black families.   Unicode does not preclude vendors from supporting skin tones on families, except the list of RGI emojis Emoji 12.0 focuses on the 70 additions required to allow these couples to have mix of skin tones..   Most of the original shapes were added to Unicode Standard for compatibility reasons and number of hearts have since been added ..   Changes to Emoji 12.0 removal of some emoji skin tone support, and the addition of the gender inclusive pair holding hands ...   Unicode announced the publishing of Emoji 12.0 data files on 2019-02-05, that the announcement is ahead of Unicode 12.0 release to give vendors time to work on their color emoji designs..   Generally speaking, these tend to come to Android around August, and to iOS October or November...   In 2017, emojis were added to for Child, Adult, and Older Adult Woman Man, Older Woman Older Man emojis.   Read more