Emoji Version History

Original emoji set from Unicode 6.0. Included core smileys, people, animals, food, weather, activities, objects, and symbols.

Added chipmunk, spider, fog, hot pepper, bed, and many more symbols. First batch of new emoji after the original set.

Five skin tone modifiers introduced. New faces including upside-down face, nerd face, hugging face. Added taco, unicorn, cricket, and turkey.

Country flags for 258 regions using Regional Indicator symbols. Largest single addition of flag emoji.

Rolling on the floor laughing, drooling face, selfie, pregnant woman, facepalm, shrug, and gender-inclusive profession ZWJ sequences.

Massive ZWJ sequence expansion: gendered professions (firefighter, astronaut, cook, etc.) with skin tone variants.

Star-struck, exploding head, vomiting face, T-Rex, zebra, giraffe, broccoli, pie. Subdivision flags (England, Scotland, Wales).

Red hair, curly hair, white hair, bald. Superhero and supervillain. Kangaroo, lobster, swan, infinity symbol, and party face.

Accessibility emoji: wheelchair, prosthetic limbs, hearing aid, guide dog. Yawning face, waffle, butter, flamingo, and otter.

Gender-neutral alternatives for people emoji. Handshake, people holding hands with skin tone combinations.

Smiling face with tear, disguised face, pinched fingers. Trans flag, polar bear, seal, dodo, piñata, and ninja.

Couples with skin tones. Face in clouds, face exhaling, heart on fire, mending heart. Gender-inclusive kiss and couple.

Melting face, saluting face, dotted line face, biting lip. Troll, coral, beans, playground slide, and handshake with skin tones.

Shaking face, moose, donkey, goose, jellyfish, wing, pea pod, ginger, hyacinth, and pink/light blue/grey hearts.

Head shaking, phoenix, lime, brown mushroom, and family direction-facing ZWJ sequences.

Face with bags under eyes, fingerprint, and root vegetable (radish/turnip).