Slate has taken a firm and consistent line on the growing realism of these once abstract images: Last year, Zoe Mendelson chastised Apple for its increasingly realistic emoji keyboard, writing ...

“Think of the ‘mind blown’ emoji,” Been says. “That was very difficult to do well with a gumdrop shape.” Unlike Apple, whose emoji have progressively gotten more realistic and ...

Like a zombie? Is your mind blown? Pretty soon you won’t have to put it into words. Apple on Monday announced a host of new emoji coming to their iOS, macOS and watchOS systems. Some of the ...

with the peach emoji ranked seventh in usage, along with the mind blown emoji. Seems fitting. The new release also includes 138 gender-neutral forms and 75 variations of the holding hands emoji ...

Samsung's unsettling AR Emoji were the standout feature during the Galaxy S9's reveal last year, and now it's giving them an update. The company promises more granular adjustments for facial ...

by shifting the approach from almost cartoonish to a more realistic animation style reminiscent of 3D animated films. Of course, emoji are often used in such small sizes that examining the details ...