The latest such update is more expressive hand gesture emoji on Gboard. Google’s approach to emojis has been more fun than the bubbly, almost plastic look that Apple has adopted on iOS.

Emojipedia will give you a brief description of that emoji. For example, here's what Emojipedia writes about the " ‍ ️" (face in clouds) emoji: "A face that appears surrounded by ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.