A trembling face, a pink heart, and a Wi-Fi symbol are among the emoji that will be approved this September and appear on smartphones next year.
Emojipedia has officially unveiled candidate draft images for the next emoji release, Emoji 15.0, due to be officially confirmed in September.
The highly requested “pink heart” is one of three new colored hearts included in the release, along with light blue and grey.
“Face trembling”, meanwhile, can be used for a shock reaction or to indicate excessive movement, for example, during earthquake.
Other inclusions on the Emoji 15.0 list are donkey, jellyfish, hairpin, pea pod, elk, donkey, and khanda, the symbol of Sikh faith.
Emojipedia has officially unveiled tentative candidates for the next emoji release, Emoji 15.0, due to be officially confirmed in September.
According to Emojipedia, since 2016, the pink heart has been one of the most “discussed cases of no emoji on the keyboard”.
The new additions have been detailed by Emojipedia, which is part of the Unicode Consortium, the central bank for all approved emoji, prior to World Emoji Day this Sunday (July 17).
Companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft are applying stylized versions of the consortium’s design to their own operating systems.
Emojipedia reports that release dates for the emoji across operating systems have not been confirmed, but they will likely arrive on most platforms by October 2023.
“Actual vendor designs will differ from those released by major vendors, and Emojipedia’s own sample images may also be updated when the final Emoji 15.0 release is released,” Emojipedia’s Keith Brony said.
“Also, since this is only a preliminary list of emojis, each emoji is subject to change prior to final approval in September 2022.”
The new emoticons have already been listed as “draft candidates” in Unicode. list of online requestsbut they have only now been officially announced along with design samples.
Some “may not make the list,” although, according to Brony, most of those submitted for approval on this draft list are “historically confirmed.”
“It’s worth noting that most of the emoji candidate drafts ended up being shortlisted in recent years,” he said.
According to Emojipedia, since 2016, the pink heart has been one of the most “discussed cases of no emoji on the keyboard”.
There are already several other versions of pink hearts, including a growing pink heart, two hearts, a heart with an arrow, a heart with a ribbon, and a beating heart, but not a simple pink heart.
Emoji 15.0 also includes a “pushing hand” with different skin tones facing right or left.
The pushing hand emoji looks like half of the existing folded hands emoji, which are often used to indicate prayer, gratitude, or reverence.
The pushing hand can be used to signify giving up something or holding out the hand for a high-five.
Shaking faces can be used for shock reactions or to indicate excessive movement, such as during an earthquake.
Emoji 15.0 also includes a “pushing hand” in various skin tones facing right or left (pictured).
Emojipedia noted that this year’s draft list has far fewer emoji compared to previous years, with just 31.
This compares to 112 in 2021’s Emoji 14.0, while 2020’s Emoji 13.0 and 13.1 contained 334 between them (117 and 217, respectively).
Also, for the first time in this series of recommendations, there are no new emojis.
There are also no flag emojis — not just geographic flags, but pride flags, language flags, and other color-based flags.
Earlier this year, a decision was announced to no longer create flag emojis due to the “temporary nature” of many pride flags and “issues that include some identities and exclude others,” Emojipedia said in a post.
Candidates include pink, gray and light blue hearts, a “shaking face” and a “pushing hand” with different skin tones.
Other inclusions on the Emoji 15.0 list include donkey, jellyfish, hair clip, pea pod, elk, donkey, and khanda (pictured), the symbol of Sikh faith.
Emoji support release dates always vary by operating system, app, or device, but the earliest support for emoji 15.0 will be in October-December of this year, most likely on Android.
Between January and October 2023, most other platforms will also support Emoji 15.0, such as Facebook, Apple, and Twitter.
Until July 31 Unicode acceptance of applications for the next batch of emoji version 16.0, which will probably be introduced in about a year and approved in September 2023.
According to the Unicode Consortium, to be considered, a candidate emoji must be reusable, used in sequences, break new ground, be distinctive, be compatible, and be used frequently.
PREGNANT MAN INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF NEW EMOJI FOR 2022
Two emojis – “pregnant man” and gender-neutral “pregnant man” – are among those included in the most recent list of approved emojis, 14.0.
A pregnant man and a pregnant woman admit that “pregnancy is possible for some transgender men and non-binary people,” says Emojipedia, a voting member of the Unicode Consortium.
Emojipedia claims that men get pregnant both in real life and in fiction, like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1994 film Junior.
The “pregnant man” and “pregnant person” emoji can also be used as “a tongue-in-cheek way of showing baby food, a very full stomach caused by eating a lot of food.”
Guidelines for using the term “pregnant” instead of “pregnant woman” are issued by the British Medical Association. in 2017in an attempt to recognize transgender and non-binary people, was called “insulting women” at the time.
Jane Solomon, senior emoji lexicographer at Emojipedia, described the new emojis in a brief overview. Blog post titled “Why is there a pregnant man emoji here?”
“The new pregnancy options can be used to represent trans men, non-binary people, or women with short hair — although, of course, the use of these emojis is not limited to these groups,” she said.
“Men can be pregnant. This applies to both the real world (such as trans men) and fictional universes (such as Arnold Schwarzenegger in [1994 film] “Junior”.
“People of either gender can be pregnant too. Now there are emoji to represent it.”
For now, Unicode retains the more traditional “pregnant woman” emoji that has been in use since 2016.
