The letter&nbsp;S, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter S

The letter&nbsp;B, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter B

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands">Solomon Islands</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;SB&nbsp;on some platforms.

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;VU&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Vanuatu

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;PG&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Papua New Guinea

The flag for&nbsp;New Caledonia, which may show as the letters&nbsp;NC&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: New Caledonia

The flag for American Samoa, which may show as the letters AS on some platforms.

Flag: American Samoa

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelau">Tokelau</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;TK&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Tokelau

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;ID&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Indonesia

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;TV&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Tuvalu

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji">Fiji</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;FJ&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Fiji

The flag for the Wallis &amp; Futuna, which may show as the letters W and F on some platforms.

Flag: Wallis & Futuna

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru">Nauru</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;NR&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Nauru

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Apple

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

WhatsApp

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Skype

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

Sony Playstation

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

Noto Emoji Font

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

SerenityOS

This update to Google&#39;s Noto Color Emoji set introduced support for 2023&#39;s <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> recommendations.

Additionally, the family emojis have been changed to have a silhouette icon design, matching the new non-gender-specifying family emojis from&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a>.

First made available via Github on 2023-11-17, this update was released progressively across different Google platforms such as Chrome OS, Gmail, YouTube, and various Android devices.

15.1

First released as a&nbsp;color vector&nbsp;font file on 2022-09-14, this update to Google&#39;s Noto Color Emoji set introduced support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a> emoji such as <a href="https://emojipedia.org/shaking-face/">Shaking Face</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/pink-heart/">Pink Heart</a>.

This update also included minor revisions to select emoji designs,&nbsp;including all of the hand gestures.

The update was released progressively across different Google platforms such as Chrome OS, Gmail, and YouTube between September 2022 and their release within&nbsp;Android 13 in March 2023.&nbsp;

15.0

First made available via as a&nbsp;Developer Preview on&nbsp;2021-10-27, Android 12L was&nbsp;the first vendor update to&nbsp;include support for 2021&rsquo;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations. Devices running Android 12&nbsp;also began to receive this emoji update via subsequent security updates.&nbsp;

A total of 107 new emojis were introduced in this update, including <a href="/melting-face/">Melting Face</a>, <a href="/heart-hands/">Heart Hands</a>, and mixed skin tone support for <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-emoji-14-0-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 12L

Released to eligible Pixel devices on&nbsp;2021-10-04, Android 12.0 updated the designs of almost one thousand previously available emojis.&nbsp;

The emoji design revised included in this update rolled out across a variety of Google platforms such as Gmail, Chrome OS, and YouTube Live Chat from July 2021. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-emoji-changelog-july-2021/">Read more about this update.</a>

Android 12.0

A&nbsp;feature drop&nbsp;exclusive to Google Pixel devices which added support for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. Not available as part of a regular Android release, these updates began rolling out to Pixel users on 2020-12-09. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-emoji-13-1-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop

Android 11.0&nbsp;was released on 2020-09-08.&nbsp;Updates in this release include full support for <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>&nbsp;as well as a significant number of design changes across the entire emoji set. These additions are included in <a href="https://itsfoss.com/fedora-33/">Fedora 33</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-11-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Android 11.0

A&nbsp;feature drop&nbsp;exclusive to Google Pixel devices which added support for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>. Not available as part of a regular Android release, these updates began rolling out to Pixel users on 2020-03-02. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-march-2020-pixel-feature-drop-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop

Android 10.0&nbsp;was released on 2018-09-03. Updates in this release include full support for <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>&nbsp;and a number of design changes, including gender-neutral versions of many emojis. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-10-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Android 10.0

Android 9.0 &ldquo;Pie&rdquo; was released on 2018-08-06 and was the first Android release to support <a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>.

Design changes include&nbsp;the <a href="/pistol/">pistol emoji</a>&nbsp;switching&nbsp;from&nbsp;a weapon to an orange water pistol / squirt gun, gender-inclusive designs being used for the <a href="/family/">family emoji</a> where no gender is specified, and the removal of egg from the <a href="/green-salad/">green salad</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-9-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 9.0

Google Android 8.1 was released on December 5, 2017 without a gradual rollout to supported devices. This release <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-fixes-burger-emoji/">fixes the burger emoji issue</a> from&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-8.0/">Android 8.0</a>, as well as the emojis for <a href="/cheese-wedge/">cheese</a>, <a href="/beer-mug/">beer</a>, and <a href="/clinking-beer-mugs/">beers</a>.

Android 8.1

Android 8.0 &quot;Oreo&quot; was released on August 21, 2017. This update included a complete redesign of every emoji, including a transformation of all &quot;blob&quot;&nbsp;smileys into a more common circle shape.

This release also added support for <a href="/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a> including all new code points and&nbsp;subdivision flags for <a href="/flag-england/">England</a>, <a href="/flag-scotland/">Scotland</a>, and <a href="/flag-wales/">Wales</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-8-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 8.0

Released on October 20, 2016, Android 7.1 was the first Android release to include emoji professions, gendered emojis, single parent families, and the <a href="/rainbow-flag/" title="🏳️‍🌈 Rainbow Flag">rainbow flag</a>. View <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/android-7-1-emoji-changelog/">all changes</a>.

Android 7.1

Android 7.0 Nougat&nbsp;is the first release of Android to support <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">modifiers</a> for skin tone. Design changes from <a href="/google/android-6.0.1/">Android 6.0.1</a>&nbsp;include front-facing smileys, and a replacement of gender-neutral &quot;blob&quot; characters with male/female versions.

These emoji images are from the final version of Android 7.0 Nougat which was released on August 22, 2016.&nbsp;More <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/android-7-0-emoji-changelog/">about this update</a>.

Android 7.0

Android 6.0.1 was the first emoji release from Google to support <a href="/unicode-7.0/">Unicode 7.0</a>, <a href="/unicode-8.0/">Unicode 8.0</a>, and <a href="/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ Sequences</a> for families and couples.

This update was&nbsp;released on&nbsp;December 7, 2015. Find out more about this update in the <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/android-6-0-1-emoji-changelog/">Android 6.0.1 Emoji Changelog</a>.

Android 6.0.1

Android 5.0 emojis were the first major revision to Google&#39;s emoji font after the introduction of color in <a href="/google/android-4.4/">Android 4.4</a>.

The primary changes in this update are to the appearance of human emojis (changed from white to yellow), and the addition of <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/209-new-emoji-flags-available-today/">209 emoji flags</a>.

Find out more about this update in the <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/android-50-emoji-changelog/">Android 5.0 Emoji Changelog</a>.

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