The Unicode Consortium kicked off a revolution of internet proportions when it introduced the skin tone modifier to a handful of emoji in 2015. Since then, the executive body behind all our emoji (and ...

Heath Racela identifies as three-quarters white and one-quarter Filipino. When texting, he chooses a yellow emoji instead of a skin tone option, because he feels it doesn't represent any specific ...

Emoji are colorful icons baked into the on-screen keyboard of most smartphones that allow users to express a number of words and ideas through pictographs. These including birthday cakes, rainbows, ...

You’ll be to pick skin tones and gender preferences thanks to a new arrow next to certain emoji. You’ll be to pick skin tones and gender preferences thanks to a new arrow next to certain emoji. Jay ...

After Apple and Google suggested the Unicode Consortium add skin tones to emoji, more and more of the icons have evolved to become more inclusive. But there's been one notable exception to that trend: ...

Emoji will become more racially diverse in 2015. An update slated to be released next year will allow users to choose between five different skin tones for all their humanoid emoji characters. “People ...

One of the buttons in the toolbar of Gmail’s compose window opens an emoji picker that Google is now modernizing with a “more complete emoji selection.” The picker today has just five categories with ...

So a lot of times I find myself texting a friend... (SOUNDBITE OF IPHONE NOTIFICATION SOUND) KHALID: ...Or messaging a co-worker... (SOUNDBITE OF SLACK NOTIFICATION SOUND) KHALID: ...And I want to ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

As part of iOS 14.5, Apple is adding new emoji from the Unicode Consortium’s Emoji 13.1 release, including skin tone options for some popular emoji and several new smiley faces and hearts. The company ...

There are five skin tone emojis to choose from, but doing so can open a complex conversation about race and identity. Which skin color emoji should you use? The answer can be more complex than you ...