Gmail appears to be working on emoji reactions for emails

Google appears to be working on emoji reactions for Gmail
Code found in iOS and Android Gmail apps suggests the feature
Emoji reactions already supported in Outlook
Unclear how reactions will appear in Gmail or which emoji supported
Restrictions include no reactions for BCC, encrypted, or large group messages
Limits on how much one emoji can be used and total reactions per message
Unclear when Google plans to roll out the feature

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