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A Look at All of the New Emoji Coming in iOS 12.1

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Apple's upcoming iOS 12.1 update will introduce more than 70 new emoji, which debuted earlier this week in the second iOS 12.1 beta.

We went hands-on with the new iOS 12.1 update to preview the new characters that you can expect to see when iOS 12.1 is released, such as cold face, face with hearts, red hair, white hair, no hair, parrot, swan, llama, mango, cupcake, and more.


Over the course of the last few years, emoji usage has become increasingly prevalent across the world, and many iOS users now look forward to the iOS updates that include new emoji characters to include in text messages, social media ports, and more.

The 2018 emoji release includes new emoji in a range of categories, from faces and people to food, animals, and common household objects. Every new emoji coming in iOS 12.1 is depicted below, organized by category.

New faces: Face with hearts, hot face, cold face, partying face, woozy face, and pleading face.

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New people: Man/woman with red hair, man/woman with white hair, man/woman with curly hair, man/woman with no hair, superhero (male and female), and supervillain (male and female).

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Body parts: Leg, foot, tooth, and bone.

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Clothing: Goggles, lab coat, hiking boot, and flat shoe,

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Toys: Teddy bear, jigsaw, and chess pawn.

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Sports: Skateboard, lacrosse, softball, and flying disc.

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Animals: Raccoon, llama, hippopotamus, kangaroo, badger, swan, peacock, parrot, lobster, and mosquito.

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Science: Microbe, test tube, petri dish, DNA.

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Household: Lotion bottle, soap, sponge, safety pin, broom, roll of paper, thread, and yarn.

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Food: Mango, leafy green, bagel, salt, moon cake, and cupcake.

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Random objects: Compass, brick, luggage, firecracker, red envelope, nazar amulet (evil eye), receipt, toolbox, fire extinguisher, basket, infinity symbol, and pirate flag.

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In addition to all of the new emoji in iOS 12, there are some tweaks to existing emoji. Most notably, the iPhone emoji has had a design overhaul to make it look like the iPhone XS rather than the iPhone 8 with no Home button or bezels.

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Emoji being added in iOS 12.1 are from Unicode 11, which was finalized and released in June of this year. It often takes Apple and other tech companies several months to implement new emoji because artwork needs to be created for each new character.

Unicode 12, which Apple will adopt in 2019, is already in the works. Emoji candidates for Unicode 12 include flamingo, white heart, snorkel, axe, orangutan, otter, sloth, butter, onion, ice cube, chair, kite, waffle, oyster, and more.

Apple says that it is working with the Unicode Consortium to add additional disability-themed emoji to Unicode 12.

It's still early in the iOS 12.1 beta testing process, so it's not quite clear when the update, new emoji included, will be released. It's likely to come at the end of October or the beginning of November. Late October is a strong possibility given that the iPhone XR releases on October 26.

What do you think of the new emoji coming in iOS 12.1? Let us know in the comments.

Article Link: A Look at All of the New Emoji Coming in iOS 12.1
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[doublepost=1538772082][/doublepost]we need a drooling face emoji. bad.not the stoned lookin one but like a waterfall out of the mouth
 
syndalis said:
I mean... they have had that feature since at least iOS11 if not iOS10.

Type a word, and if the word reflects an emoji the emoji appears in the word picker above the keyboard.
Maybe you missed it as you use 3rd party keyboards but they have had it for 1-2 years now.
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Don't know why you're replying to me, sport. I'm not the one who was questioning how to find the emoji they want easily. Figured if the feature was there the last two years in iOS the person I replied to would have seen it already.
 
This article points out to the huge problem that every update has now- there is nothing exciting about it anymore.
After updating, week later you forget this is actually a “new” iOS on your phone.
 
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iMi said:
I would like to see the "I'm sick of emojis" emoji. I would really much prefer Apple working on something useful...
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Agreed. Also, the removal of the iPhone-that-looks-like-an-iPhone "emoji" and replacement by a "iPhone-that-looks-like-an-iAbomination" is Apple restricting speech of users, in a sense, just the same as if the soft keyboard auto-"corrected" phrases like, "I like my iPhone 6, and am not considering buying the new, defficient iPhone Ex-Smacks, thank you very much," to... "I am totally going to buy an iPhone XS, thank you so very much, Apple!" for you.

With every annoying change and every feature removed, every way in which the new, even more expensive POS is a step DOWN from Apple's products back when they were at least pretending they were still a computer company, Apple gets further and further from my consideration when the time comes to replace all my Apple stuff, with whatever will replace it then, which whatever it will be, I can tell you what it won't be:

It won't be an Apple iAnything.
 
halluxsinister said:
Agreed. Also, the removal of the iPhone-that-looks-like-an-iPhone "emoji" and replacement by a "iPhone-that-looks-like-an-iAbomination" is Apple restricting speech of users, in a sense, just the same as if the soft keyboard auto-"corrected" phrases like, "I like my iPhone 6, and am not considering buying the new, defficient iPhone Ex-Smacks, thank you very much," to... "I am totally going to buy an iPhone XS, thank you so very much, Apple!" for you.

With every annoying change and every feature removed, every way in which the new, even more expensive POS is a step DOWN from Apple's products back when they were at least pretending they were still a computer company, Apple gets further and further from my consideration when the time comes to replace all my Apple stuff, with whatever will replace it then, which whatever it will be, I can tell you what it won't be:

It won't be an Apple iAnything.
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Well good luck with your technical future. Nothing wrong with moving on if you don't like your current technical lot in life.
 
I doubt you’re going to get the youngsters to give up using emoji (or to take up cursive writing).
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“Get off my lawn!”​

Maybe emoji will run their course, and become as quaint as poodle skirts, earth shoes, and parachute pants. But trust me when I say that whatever replaces them will annoy you even more.
 
doelcm82 said:
I doubt you’re going to get the youngsters to give up using emoji (or to take up cursive writing).
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“Get off my lawn!”​

Maybe emoji will run their course, and become as quaint as poodle skirts, earth shoes, and parachute pants. But trust me when I say that whatever replaces them will annoy you even more.
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I had to laugh at this. What started as emoticons morphed into emojis, what 30 years later? Nope, whatever flavor they are called, they are not going anywhere.
 
tomekwsrod said:
The more they add such bloat without possibility to turn it completely off, the more I think about changing platform. The only problem at this moment is I don't see anywhere else to go.
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You can turn off the emoji keyboard. Unfortunately there is no way no to show them in messages from others (not that anyone I know uses them anyway).
 
vault said:
That doesn't contradict anything I said. I still don't know anyone who uses emojis in day to day communication. And that's just a link copied raw to show support to another thread.
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Ok. I’ll leave your own assertion standing on it’s own. You don’t know anyone who uses emojis in day to communication (even though you use the same thing in every post). Other members can relate to their own experience.
 
Feenician said:
Ok. I’ll leave your own assertion standing on it’s own. You don’t know anyone who uses emojis in day to communication (even though you use the same thing in every post). Other members can relate to their own experience.
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How generous of you.
 
Nahaz said:
So this is what I paid $2000 for a phone for?
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You paid $2000?

If so, then yes. All features other than emojis will now be disabled. Since you don’t seem to be aware of them, you won’t miss them.
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I7guy said:
I had to laugh at this. What started as emoticons morphed into emojis, what 30 years later? Nope, whatever flavor they are called, they are not going anywhere.
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I didn’t say they were going anywhere. We still have Rubik’s Cube, don’t we?

Those who grew up with emojis will still use them long after they’re no longer cool. They’ll roll their eyes and/or gnash their teeth/dentures/implants at whatever their kids use instead.
 
doelcm82 said:
You paid $2000?

If so, then yes. All features other than emojis will now be disabled. Since you don’t seem to be aware of them, you won’t miss them.
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I didn’t say they were going anywhere. We still have Rubik’s Cube, don’t we?

Those who grew up with emojis will still use them long after they’re no longer cool. They’ll roll their eyes and/or gnash their teeth/dentures/implants at whatever their kids use instead.
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The concept behind Emojis or emoticons haven’t changed in many, many years. They’ve gotten more sophisticated based on these cool screens that can display up to 4K. Long live emojis.
 
PickUrPoison said:
Is there an “I’m sick of people complaining about emojis” emoji? Or an “I’m sick of people thinking artists design hardware, write software, fix bugs or do QA” emoji?
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Mate, don’t worry, there will be one soon. Apple needs to “update” the iOS.
 
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