Squinting Face, Pickle, and Lighthouse Among New Emoji Coming to iOS

The Unicode Consortium has published a draft list of emoji that could come to smartphones and other devices in the future. The list shared by Emojipedia outlines 19 emoji candidates under ...

iKKO’s tiny phone has a folding cam and a keyboard for your tactile fix

KKO’s MindOne is a credit-card-sized BlackBerry-style keyboard phone with always-on AI ambitions. It uses SIMO vSIM fallback ...
TechPP

Best Android Shortcut Apps (Tested): Which One Actually Works for Your Use Case

Most popular Android shortcut and automation apps compared. See which app fits simple routines, power user workflows, smart ...

Clicks is bringing a BlackBerry-style phone and a pocket keyboard to CES 2026

Clicks is heading to CES 2026 with its first smartphone built around communication, alongside a new Power Keyboard that adds ...
SlashGear

These Android Keyboard Alternatives Put Google's Gboard To Shame

When it comes to default apps and services, most Android phones simply resort to what Google has to offer. Examples include the Google Phone app for making phone calls and Google Messages for handling ...
PC World

Use the Windows emoji keyboard to add a splash of personality to your text

Windows emojis add a fun pictorial element to any text. If you’re not in the mood to write stuff, why not say it with a bunch of adorable funny faces? Here’s how to access the emoji keyboard. That’s a ...
Cult of Mac

Combine emoji to make your own fun creations in iOS 26

You can combine two or more emoji into your own custom creation in iOS 26 using Apple’s upgraded Genmoji tool. In my testing, it’s great at adding sunglasses and ...
Android Authority

Android 16's support for external keyboards blew my mind

It’s been years since I last tried to pair a Bluetooth or USB keyboard with my Android phone. After being a physical QWERTY proponent for years and hating on touchscreen typing, I wholly but slowly ...
ABC News

It's World Emoji Day: Science suggests using these tiny symbols makes you more likable

World Emoji Day falls annually on July 17, the date shown on the calendar emoji. Get ready to sprinkle a few extra "zany faces" 🤪 and "fist bump" 👊 symbols into your texts -- today is World Emoji ...
The Atlantic

What Are Emoji?

In the arenas of ancient Rome, the thumbs-up was a matter of life and death. So scholars have extrapolated from the elusive history of ancient gestures. The fates of defeated gladiators were ...
9to5google

Gboard redesigns emoji and GIF UI, removes ‘All’ page on Android

Following other UI tweaks in recent months, the emoji, GIF, sticker, and emoticon picker in Gboard has received a small redesign. For starters, Google has removed the “All” interface that showed ...
The Verge

WhatsApp’s latest Android beta brings emoji to video calls.

Android Authority spotted that the latest WhatsApp Android beta now lets you raise your hand or send emoji reactions during a video call. Similar to a video call in Google Meet, the WhatsApp beta only ...