The latest batch of combinations out of Gboard’s Emoji Kitchen allows you to express your emotions through an adorable dog’s face, or give someone the gift they truly deserve this holiday season.

Spikes in activity were seen on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and around the holidays. That’s up from one million gift emoji payments in 2016 and 300,000 in 2015.

The latter addresses a new platform for creating copyright emoji. As well as the ability to block the sending of voice and video messages. In addition, the users can gift Premium subscriptions ...