In part, that’s due to AI safety concerns — already, users are designing NSFW emoji with Genmoji, for example — but it also gives Apple time to safely scale the features to its users.

She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news ... And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated.

Apple has included a number of new emoji in the iOS 18.4 developer beta, with characters proposed by the Unicode Consortium in May 2024 finally making their way for use in Messages. Apple's second ...

First previewed in May 2024, the Unicode Consortium revealed Unicode 16, which included the all-new emojis coming with iOS 18 and Android 15. After the beta review period, Apple, Google ...

Apple unrolled new emojis as part of its iOS 18.4 beta version (Image via Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Apple unveiled the eight new emojis that will be added to its iOS 18.4 update on ...

Anyone with access to the iOS 18.4 public beta will have first dibs on using the new emoji that accompanies the latest version for Apple's iPhone software. Everyone else, though, will probably ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Last July, Emojipedia introduced update 15.0 with new emoji suggestions. While it was ...