Emoji has changed the way that people communicate on mobile devices because it enables the ability to express feelings using a single character and it makes messages livelier. For example, a smiley emoji indicates how happy you are and a thumbs up emoji represents approval. Now it is common for smartphone users to include at least one emoji in every text message that is sent out, which is why software updates that integrate new emoji on mobile devices are highly anticipated.
Hiroshi Lockheimer, the senior vice president of Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast at Google, has announced on Twitter that new emoji will be arriving on Android devices next week, starting with Nexus devices. The new emoji will be included in an updated system image, which also has a new keyboard and font.
Tweeted by Lockheimer above, a unicorn, lion and crab emoji was used, indicating that Unicode 8.0 characters will be applied in the Android software update. Other emoji in Unicode 8.0 includes a hugging face, a thinking face, a nerd face, a face with a thermometer, prayer beads, a turkey, a scorpion, a cheese wedge, a hot dog, a taco, a burrito, popcorn, a bottle with a popping cork, a mosque, a synagogue, a cricket bat and ball, a volleyball, a field hockey stick and ball, a table tennis paddle and ball, a bow and arrow and a middle finger.Unicode 8.0 is the same version that Apple iOS devices received when iOS 9.1 released in October. Currently, Android devices use emoji from Unicode 6.0 so it is two iterations behind iOS. When iOS 9.1 was released with the new emoji, Lockheimer tweeted a teaser about Android getting new emoji too. “So I have a feeling y’all want new emojis? a) Thanks for the feedback, b) We’re on it, and c) Sorry!” said Lockheimer in a tweet on October 22nd.Even though Lockheimer said the Android system update will start with Nexus devices next week, third party Android OEMs will decide their own update schedules. Usually third party OEMs modify some of the emoji so it may take some time for the changes to be rolled out on Android devices manufactured by Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony devices. When an Android user asked Lockheimer if bug fixes will be included in the system update, he responded by saying “I can’t spoil all the surprises!”
Why do Nexus devices generally receive software updates first? Google directly oversees the development and support of Nexus devices. The current line of Nexus smartphones includes the Nexus 6P (built by Huawei), the Nexus 5X (built by LG) and the Nexus 6 (built by Motorola Mobility).
Hiroshi Lockheimer, the senior vice president of Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast at Google, has announced on Twitter that new emoji will be arriving on Android devices next week, starting with Nexus devices. The new emoji will be included in an updated system image, which also has a new keyboard and font.
Tweeted by Lockheimer above, a unicorn, lion and crab emoji was used, indicating that Unicode 8.0 characters will be applied in the Android software update. Other emoji in Unicode 8.0 includes a hugging face, a thinking face, a nerd face, a face with a thermometer, prayer beads, a turkey, a scorpion, a cheese wedge, a hot dog, a taco, a burrito, popcorn, a bottle with a popping cork, a mosque, a synagogue, a cricket bat and ball, a volleyball, a field hockey stick and ball, a table tennis paddle and ball, a bow and arrow and a middle finger.Unicode 8.0 is the same version that Apple iOS devices received when iOS 9.1 released in October. Currently, Android devices use emoji from Unicode 6.0 so it is two iterations behind iOS. When iOS 9.1 was released with the new emoji, Lockheimer tweeted a teaser about Android getting new emoji too. “So I have a feeling y’all want new emojis? a) Thanks for the feedback, b) We’re on it, and c) Sorry!” said Lockheimer in a tweet on October 22nd.Even though Lockheimer said the Android system update will start with Nexus devices next week, third party Android OEMs will decide their own update schedules. Usually third party OEMs modify some of the emoji so it may take some time for the changes to be rolled out on Android devices manufactured by Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony devices. When an Android user asked Lockheimer if bug fixes will be included in the system update, he responded by saying “I can’t spoil all the surprises!”
Why do Nexus devices generally receive software updates first? Google directly oversees the development and support of Nexus devices. The current line of Nexus smartphones includes the Nexus 6P (built by Huawei), the Nexus 5X (built by LG) and the Nexus 6 (built by Motorola Mobility).
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