On the occasion of “World Emoji Day” which takes place tomorrow July 17th Google took the opportunity to announce the news that it has prepared for its emojis for all its platforms (Android, Gmail, Chat, Chrome OS and YouTube).
The most important novelty is that Google redesigned 992 emojis to do them more universal, accessible and authentic, so that they are recognized without problem all over the world.
Emojis for everyone
Google wants its emojis to be more generic now so that they can be used with different meanings, such as cake emoji, which previously had the design of a slice of pumpkin pie and now has the full design of a filled pie, which represent a large number of cakes: apple pie, blueberry pie, strawberry pie, cherry pie, chicken pie, beef and mushrooms …
The same goes with bikini emoji, which previously appeared to be used by an invisible person of a certain physical constitution. In the new design which bikini no longer appears on any body, thus representing any person. And with the emoji of the same mask. With COVID-19, using a mask no longer means we’re sick, so now he doesn’t have a sick face.
Google has also exaggerated the proportions of some models, such as vehicles, to make them easier to identify and take better advantage of size so that they don’t look so small compared to other emojis.
Along with certain foods, they also gave her a facelift. Google jokingly reports that some foods needed to be cooked more or in the deep fryer. With a revamp, croissant or bacon emojis are now more appetizing.
Emojis that change with dark theme
Google also reports that in some emojis small changes will appear when we activate the dark theme. For example, stars with a dark theme will appear in the tent emoji.
The availability of the new Emoji
New emojis Coming to Android 12 when it launches this fall, but starting this month, they’ll hit Gmail and Google Chat.
Another novelty is that Google wants all emojis to reach all cellphones in the future, regardless of their age. For that to from Android 12 all applications compatible with Appcompat will automatically get new emojis. This means that developers using this compatibility library will not have to modify their application code to add support for new emojis.
Via | Google | 9to5Google
