iOS 16.4 Beta Adds New Emoji Like Donkey, Jellyfish, Pink Heart, Hyacinth, Ginger, Goose, Shaking Face and More

[MacRumors]

The iOS 16.4 beta that was released today introduces new Unicode 15 emoji characters, adding new emoji options for the first time in more than a year.

New emoji characters include shaking face, pink heart, light blue heart, donkey, moose, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, flute, maracas, black bird, and more.

These new emoji options were first proposed in July 2022 and then were released in the new Unicode standard in September 2022. It often takes Apple several months to implement new emoji characters because the company's designers need to create the icons based on the information provided by the Unicode Consortium.

The emoji characters are available in the iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS Ventura 13.3 betas, which can be downloaded by developers. Apple will likely make a public beta available in the near future, but it will likely be several weeks before the software updates see an official release.

Article Link: iOS 16.4 Beta Adds New Emoji Like Donkey, Jellyfish, Pink Heart, Hyacinth, Ginger, Goose, Shaking Face and More

 

[sniffies]

Thank god, I've been waiting for donkeymoji for 20 years!

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

The Pink heart emoji took Apple 5 years. The first emoji kinda looks like this. Bravo! 👏🏻😂

 

[Kylo83]

What’s the point of these exactly, there’s to many anyways, who needs them

 

[DFZD]

I was in doubt about updating this beta.. but now I'm sure about it. Thank You Tim Apple.

 

[mystery hill]

New emoji characters include shaking face, pink heart, light blue heart, donkey, moose, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, flute, maracas, black bird, and more.

I’m so glad to see Apple focusing on the important things.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

What’s the point of these exactly, there’s to many anyways, who needs them

By that argument there’s no point to anything that only a very small number of people want.

 

[testcard]

At last, ginger root. Just thinking of all the ways I can use this revolutionary new emoji…er…em…

 

[klasma]

Thank god, next time around I can finally react with a shaking head face emoji.

 

[eilavid]

I’m so glad to see Apple focusing on the important things.

As usual, Apple does not decide on which emojis to include. And people working on Mac hardware do not design these emojis.

 

[randolorian]

Excited about the ginger emoji! Finally!

 

[Dan From Canada]

More emojis that I will never use.

 

[McWetty]

I saw ginger and thought there was some new emoji just for redheads. I am disappoint.

What’s that purple one?

 

[testcard]

I saw ginger and thought there was some new emoji just for redheads. I am disappoint.

What’s that purple one?

Hyacinth

 

[McWetty]

Hyacinth

The purple square that looks like a Star Wars insignia?

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I feel weird when I just use any emoji. This is the highlight of 16.4? I hope not.

 

[siri_3005]

Is that suppose to be a hand or a foot?

 

[StellarVixen]

What’s the point of these exactly, there’s to many anyways, who needs them

Eh, it’s ok addition, people use these, but dunno if worthy of news article. Ok, maybe it’s a slow news day so everything new is worth mention.

 

[Alfred.Woodden]

Apple uses emojis to get more people to install updates faster. 16.4 must be a very important release then, and probably contains crucial security pacthes and critical bug fixes.

 

[stinkhorn9]

The iOS 16.4 beta that was released today introduces new Unicode 15 emoji characters, adding new emoji options for the first time in more than a year.

New emoji characters include shaking face, pink heart, light blue heart, donkey, moose, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, flute, maracas, black bird, and more.

These new emoji options were first proposed in July 2022 and then were released in the new Unicode standard in September 2022. It often takes Apple several months to implement new emoji characters because the company's designers need to create the icons based on the information provided by the Unicode Consortium.

The emoji characters are available in the iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS Ventura 13.3 betas, which can be downloaded by developers. Apple will likely make a public beta available in the near future, but it will likely be several weeks before the software updates see an official release.

Article Link: iOS 16.4 Beta Adds New Emoji Like Donkey, Jellyfish, Pink Heart, Hyacinth, Ginger, Goose, Shaking Face and More

Then I must upgrade to it at once!

 

[acader]

So SW development has come to a point where point releases are about adding new icons!!!

Does 16.4 have real new / enhanced code in it?

 

[RemedyRabbit]

The arrangement of those hand emojis in the graphic is absolute murder for my OCD 😬

 

[sdf]

I’m so glad to see Apple focusing on the important things.

I'd love to know what important thing you want an emoji artist working on.

 

[mxrider88]

Unbelievable. The whole ecosystem, from iOS to macOS, from AirPods to HomePods, is going to trash with issues in every basic function and with more bugs than applications and they release a .X update with new emojis.
Who’s in charge in there????

 

[sdf]

The arrangement of those hand emojis in the graphic is absolute murder for my OCD 😬

Even reading this, and I've no reason to doubt you, they don't look very hand-like to me.