Unicode Approves 118 New Emoji Including Phoenix, Mushrooms, and Gender-Neutral Families
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Unicode Consortium has approved Emoji 15.1 which adds 118 new emoji, including 6 new concepts, 4 gender-neutral family emoji, and 108 directional variants of existing emoji.
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New emoji go through a detailed approval process involving major tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft as voting members.
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Among the new emoji are a phoenix, lime, brown mushroom, broken chain link, and gender-neutral family combinations.
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This is the first time directional variants of people emoji have been added, with options like person walking/running/kneeling facing right.
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The new emoji designs promote inclusivity, like the gender-neutral silhouette family emoji, though it may take over a year for them to appear on devices.