The iOS 16.4 beta released today introduces 15 new Unicode emoji characters, adding new emoji options for the first time in over a year.


New emoji characters include shaking face, pink heart, light blue heart, donkey, moose, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, flute , the maracas, the black bird, etc.

These new emoji options were first offered in July 2022 and later released in the new Unicode Standard in September 2022. It often takes Apple several months to implement new emoji characters as the company’s designers must create the icons based on information provided by the Unicode Consortium.

Emoji characters are available in iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS Ventura 13.3 betas, which can be downloaded by developers. Apple will likely release a public beta in the near future, but it will likely be several weeks before software updates see an official release.

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