{"id":427,"date":"2024-11-16T01:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=427"},"modified":"2024-11-16T01:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:15:58","slug":"the-9-best-new-emojis-that-could-be-coming-to-your-iphone-or-android-phone-including-the-bulging-smiley-and-bigfoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/11\/16\/the-9-best-new-emojis-that-could-be-coming-to-your-iphone-or-android-phone-including-the-bulging-smiley-and-bigfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"The 9 best new emojis that could be coming to your iPhone or Android phone \u2013including the bulging smiley and Bigfoot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s emoji refresh season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Vkoj2VUTMrEh4i7hsM9mFG-650-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Image credit: Unicode)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New emoji proposals have been put forward for 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unicode and developers will continue to refine the designs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fresh icons include Bigfoot and a &#8220;distorted face&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there is an official organization in charge of emojis, called the Unicode Consortium \u2013 and it&#8217;s just put forward its annual proposal for the new graphics we might be seeing on thebest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">iPhones<\/a>andbest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Samsung-1746113-EB-BS928ABY\">Android<\/a> phones in the next year or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">A2866 Battery for Apple iPhone 14 Pro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are plenty of interesting additionsin the list(viaEmojipedia). We&#8217;ve got a bulging, slightly overwhelmed smiley (&#8220;distorted face&#8221;, above) that we can imagine getting used a lot on social media; there&#8217;s also a Bigfoot-inspired one called &#8220;hairy creature&#8221; (above right).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the times when your friends or family are scrapping in a digital space \u2013 perfect for group chats, then \u2013 we have &#8220;fight cloud&#8221; (above left), which looks like the usual cartoon depiction of a brawl, with everything hidden with smoke and stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the fighting theme, another proposed emoji features two people wrestling (see below). For nature lovers, a new emoji called &#8220;orca&#8221; would add to the number of marine-themed emojis you&#8217;ve got to pick from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"emoji-approval-3\">Emoji approval<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/EL8djBnLMio467h4aPdT8h-970-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\uff08Above: Unicode&#8217;s sample images for a selection of the emojis proposed for Emoji 17.0, due to approval in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image from: Emojipedia\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.emojipedia.org\/content\/images\/2024\/11\/Samsung-Single-Skin-Tones-Bunny-Wrestliers-One-UI-6_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\uff08Above: how single skin tone support for the various \ud83d\udc6f People With Bunny Ears and \ud83e\udd3c People Wrestling emojis appears within Samsung&#8217;s One UI 6.1.1.Image from: Emojipedia\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.emojipedia.org\/content\/images\/2024\/11\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\uff08Above: a selection of different \ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83e\udd1d\u200d\ud83e\uddd1 People Holding Hands emojis with single and multple skin tone support, shown in the Noto Color Emoji style.Image from: Emojipedia\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.emojipedia.org\/content\/images\/2024\/11\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\uff08Above: the NSAdaptiveImageGlyph API in iOS 18 allows emoji sticker images to be placed alongside one another as if they were Unicode-recommended emoji characters.Image from: Emojipedia\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Unicode 17.0 proposals we&#8217;ve got an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">apple<\/a>core, a trombone, a treasure chest, and a depiction of a landslide \u2013 so if you&#8217;re about to be hit by falling rocks and don&#8217;t have time to type out a full message, you can send an emoji instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are actually 164 new emojis in the proposal, but we&#8217;ve covered the main icons \u2013 all of the others are skin tone variations on the ones mentioned above (in case you want wrestlers with two different skin tones, for example).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The procedure this year is the same as it is every year: the Unicode Consortium will continue to consult on these graphics and tweak their designs, before final approval on the official new emojis is given in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, it&#8217;s down to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">Apple<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Google-1744095-GS35E\">Google<\/a>, and everyone else (fromMicrosoftto Meta) to do their own takes on these emojis and add them to their various software platforms. In the meantime, you&#8217;ll need to rely on a sticker or GIF for &#8220;distorted face&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Google-1744095-GS35E\">GS35E Battery for Google Pixel 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s emoji refresh season (Image credit: Unicode) Yes, there is an official organization in charge of emojis, called the Unicode Consortium \u2013 and it&#8217;s just put forward its annual proposal for the new graphics we might be seeing on thebest iPhonesandbest Android phones in the next year or two. &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;A2866 Battery for Apple iPhone 14 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/11\/16\/the-9-best-new-emojis-that-could-be-coming-to-your-iphone-or-android-phone-including-the-bulging-smiley-and-bigfoot\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 9 best new emojis that could be coming to your iPhone or Android phone \u2013including the bulging smiley and Bigfoot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}