Coinciding with the World Emoji Day, which was celebrated last weekend, Google took the opportunity to advance the news in this regard that will come with Android 12.
Google will introduce new emojis in Android 12 update and Unicode Consortium will publish inclusive emojis with gender perspective
It is not yet known for sure when this latest update to Google’s operating system will be available to all users. The company announced in May some of the tools that it will introduce in Android 12, but the letter of the new emojis has been kept until now.
Now the Google company has announced “Hundreds” of new emojis which will become available on Android 12. In addition, these emojis will be more accessible and will be adapted to different apps and platforms.
At the same time, and at the same time as new emojis are introduced, Google will improve some of the existing ones, like those of cakes or bikinis. And, to adapt to these pandemic times, it will include an emoji of a person with a mask and with eyes that indicate joy or happiness.
Inclusive emojis
Also Emojimedia, a virtual encyclopedia of emojis, has published the images of the finalist proposals in the Unicode Consortium. It is a platform that tries expand the boundaries of emojis and adapt their language to social changes. This September the organization will give the go-ahead to a series of emojis that will be incorporated into apps and mobile phones next year. And there is a queue in this regard, because in 2020 they could not update the list due to the pandemic.
This next version of Unicode, which is already 14.0, includes a series of alternative emojis to those already existing from a perspective of the gender and race inclusion.
These new emojis will include up to 15 skin color tones for the different hand gestures. An emoji of a pregnant man will also appear. And, as an alternative to the emojis of a prince and a princess, one of a “person with a crown”, neither man nor woman.
In recent times, the Unicode Consortium has endeavored to update its language to new realities and make room for people with non-binary gender and other races. Along these lines, emojis of women with beards or the trans flag have been incorporated.
Other candidate emojis to be incorporated in Update 14.0 are a melting face, a disco ball, and the low battery symbol. However, the list can still change and is still pending final approval.
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