New emoji characters are approved on an annual basis as part of wider updates to the Unicode Standard. This page notes which emojis have been approved for release on major platforms.

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New Emojis Coming in 2025-2026

A distorted smiley face, ballet dancers, and a fight cloud are among the latest emojis approved for release. These emojis were recommended in September 2025 in the emoji release versionedEmoji 17.0.

Support forEmoji 17.0 is expected to come to select major platforms in late 2025 and to all other platforms throughout 2026.