Here’s how tech giants like Google and Facebook are revamping emojis E

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World Emoji Day is celebrated on July 17. Emojis are an integral part of social media and netizens rely heavily on them to express their feelings and emotions.

New emojis are added every year, and at the moment, the next major update, Emoji 14.0 is in the works.

According to a report published by Indian Express, “The upcoming Emoji 14.0 update will offer new emojis alongside Unicode 14.0. Although this year’s emojis have yet to receive approval, iPhone users can dress up their Memoji with new customizations available. in the preview of the public beta of iOS 15. “

Also, according to NDTV, “In the emoji series there is a waving face, a biting lip, and something we will all resonate with: a low battery emoji. The heart hand emoji, which until now was missing, it is also present in the next draft called Emoji 14.0. Some of the other noteworthy inclusions are a melting face, a face with open eyes and hand over mouth, and a face with a peeking emoji. “

Also, according to reports, Facebook will launch emojis with sounds on Facebook Messenger, called “Soundmojis”. According to the social media giant, Soundmojis will allow users to send short audio clips in a Messenger chat. These emojis include, cheers, evil laughter, drum roll, and much more. Soundmojis can be accessed by clicking on the smiley face in a chat, which will open the expression menu. Then, users can select the speaker icon and preview and send their favorite Soundmoji.

Meanwhile, Google has revamped up to 992 emojis to make them “more universal, accessible and authentic,” the reports say.

The revamped emojis are expected to be rolled out to Gmail and Google Chat first, while they will arrive on Chromebooks with an improved emoji picker in Chrome OS 92 at the end of July.

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