Apple released iOS26 on September 15and while the update doesn’t include any new emoji, a future iOS 26 update will bring eight new emoji to your iPhone. THE Unicode Consortium approved eight emoji in September as part of Unicode 17.0. This means iPhone And Android devices will receive these emoji next spring.
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Here are the eight new emoji you can expect to see later this year and on your device next year.
- Trombone
- Treasure Chest
- Distorted face
- Hairy creature (Sasquatch)
- Fight the cloud
- Orca
- Ballet dancers
- Landslide
“These new emoji have long-standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive, and contain a multitude of expressions,” the statement said. Unicode Consortium » wrote online in July.
These emoji were proposed in November 2024, and an apple core emoji was also proposed then. However, according to EmojipediaThe apple core emoji was removed before Unicode could approve it.
In 2024, the Unicode Consortium launched new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under the eyes and the splash emoji. Now you can find these emoji on your Android and iPhone devices, as well as on the Internet.
Correction, July 18: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of emoji that had been approved for the Unicode 17.0 update. Unicode has since confirmed that nine emoji have been approved, including the Landslide emoji.
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