Yesterday, in an announcement post, the Unicode Consortium unveiled the latest version of its standard—with 7 brand-new emojis along with 156 new variants for existing emojis.
The new batch of emojis recommended for inclusion in standard emoji keyboards include: a “distorted face,” a “fight cloud” as seen in comics and cartoons, an “orca” or “killer whale”, a “hairy creature” reminiscent of Bigfoot, a “trombone,” a “landslide,” and a “treasure chest.”
On top of these brand-new emojis, the remaining emoji changes include gender-neutral ballet dancers in different skin tones, as well as more skin tone variants for existing codes like the “people with bunny ears” and “people wrestling” emojis.
As always, the exact look of these emojis will differ between platforms, depending on how each one interprets the new codes. They’re expected to roll out to emoji keyboards towards the end of 2025.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication M3 and was translated and localized from Swedish.
