Android and iOS users can choose from 117 new emoji to spice up their text messages. Both Google and Apple presented their versions of the new emoji a day before World Emoji Day on Friday. The new emoji will be available for Google's Android 11 and Apple's iOS 14 later this year.
Emoji supplements approved by Unicode as part of Emoji 13.0 include new animals (such as bison, beaver, and polar bear), and foods and beverages (such as tamale, boba tea, and teapot). You will also find a slightly smiling face, two people hugging, a man in a veil, a woman in a tuxedo and a person feeding a baby.
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Google said some of its previous animal emoji were redesigned, in some cases to look a little friendlier and in others to look better in dark mode.
Google will launch an emoji quick access bar for Gboard Beta and all Gboard Android users in the coming months on Thursday.
The exact date for the release of the updated Apple and Google mobile operating systems is unclear.
A Google presentation for developers earlier this month seemed to indicate this September 8th, but Google has not confirmed that this is true. Last year's Android 10 release was in early September.
Apple is expected to be released iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and MacOS Big Sur in autumn.