Article 5E8WT Apple’s iOS 14.5 emoji promote inclusivity, vaccines, and the AirPods Max

Apple’s iOS 14.5 emoji promote inclusivity, vaccines, and the AirPods Max

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Ian Carlos Campbell
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As part of iOS 14.5, Apple is adding new emoji from the Unicode Consortium's Emoji 13.1 release, including skin tone options for some popular emoji and several new smiley faces and hearts. The company is also making some changes to other emoji that are already available.

The new changes to skin tone and gender presentation are probably the most important to note. Popular emoji like Couples Kissing" and Couples with Heart" now have many more skin tone variations for all options.

Image: Emojipedia Skin tone variations for the Couples with Heart" emoji in iOS 14.5.

In addition to more skin tones, the bearded emoji has also been adjusted to allow for not just the neutral Person:Beard" but also Man:Beard" and...

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