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TL;DR
- Google simply launched Android 16 DP2, and it consists of assist for 7 new emoji.
- The brand new emoji embody a face with baggage underneath the eyes, a fingerprint, a harp, and extra.
- These 7 emoji are a part of the Unicode 16.0 launch.
Google has simply shipped the second developer preview of Android 16, and it delivers an entire host of latest developer options. On the consumer facet, although, there don’t seem like a variety of new modifications seen in DP2, no less than not so far as we are able to inform. Nonetheless, there’s no less than one enjoyable new characteristic we noticed whereas digging via the replace: assist for the 7 new emoji from Unicode 16.0.
Android 16 DP2 consists of an up to date emoji font file with 7 new emoji which are a part of Unicode 16.0. Unicode, for those who aren’t conscious, is the common textual content encoding commonplace that assigns distinctive numbers to each character, image, and script utilized in written communication. It’s what permits computer systems — even these working completely different working methods — to grasp and show textual content in nearly any language. Emoji just like the melting face and upside-down smile are additionally codified within the Unicode commonplace, enabling them to be shared between units working completely different working methods or browsers.
Every now and then, the Unicode Consortium provides new emoji to the Unicode commonplace, that are launched alongside different updates to the usual. Unicode 16.0, for instance, provides assist for the next 7 emoji, as highlighted by Emojipedia:
- Face with Baggage Beneath Eyes
- Fingerprint
- Leafless Tree
- Root Vegetable
- Harp
- Shovel
- Splatter
In case you attempt to view that Emojipedia web page and your gadget doesn’t assist Unicode 16.0, all you’ll see are empty bins as an alternative of emoji. In case you do really see emoji, although, then your gadget does assist the newest set of emoji. That is the case on my Pixel 9 Professional working Android 16 DP2, however it’s not the case on my Pixel 7 Professional working Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2.
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Left: Emoji 16.0 web page seen in Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2. Proper: Emoji 16.0 web page seen in Android 16 DP2.
Google is often fairly fast to assist new variations of the Unicode commonplace, so hopefully the corporate doesn’t take lengthy so as to add assist for the 2025 emoji lineup, which is ready to incorporate a whopping 164 new emoji.
