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New Emojis For 2019

Unicode Consortium, the organization that manages
text-based pictures called emojis,
has announced an upcoming release for 2019.
There will be 59 completely new emojis
and a total of 230
when updates of previous emojis are included.
There will be more animal emojis,
such as a flamingo, otter, and sloth.
Other never-before-seen emojis
include a waffle and yawning face.
Unicode Consortium will add more emojis
like wheelchairs and prosthetic
limbs for disabled people.
There will be emojis representing gender-inclusive
and international couples.
After updating older emojis,
there will also be more different variations
in skin tones and genders.
Unicode Consortium hopes to promote diversity
and inclusiveness with these changes.
This is Unicode Consortium’s sixth major
emoji update since 2014.
Previous updates include more emojis for women,
genders, and hair colors.
The new 2019 emojis will be released on most major
operating systems by the second half of the year.
Based on previous release patterns,
Android will most likely get them in August,
while iOS will get them around October or November.