Key Highlights
- The update includes 163 new characters, featuring additions like a distorted face, fight cloud, and orca.
- You can view these new emoji right now if you install the Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 on a compatible Pixel.
- Emoji play a core role in how people communicate online, allowing us to express ourselves with playful images and symbols rather than just text.
- New emoji arrive each year to expand our expressive range, and to ensure they appear correctly on everyone’s device, regardless of the platform, they are codified in the Unicode standard.
- The latest version — Unicode 17.0 — dropped on September 9, 2025, introducing over 160 new characters.
