The gender-neutral family emoji is coming to YOUR phone later this year
- Emojipedia has revealed that four gender-neutral family emoji could be released
- These take the form of silhouettes, similar to the existing ‘Bust in Silhouette’
Since 2019, Apple has offered iPhone users non-binary versions of almost every human emoji, from mermaids to chefs.
Now, a new report claims that the selection of gender-neutral emoji could be growing even larger.
Emojipedia has revealed that four gender-neutral family emoji could launch later this year.
These take the form of silhouettes, similar to the existing ‘Silhouette Busts’ and ‘Silhouette Busts’.
Here’s everything you need to know about the new emoji, including what they look like and when you can expect to see them on your device.
Emojipedia has revealed that four gender-neutral family emoji could be released later this year.
Emojipedia revealed the new emoji and created sample designs in a Blog to celebrate World Emoji Day earlier this month.
“Inclusions in the preliminary list of Emoji 15.1 along with Lime, Head Shaking Vertically and Phoenix Bird, as well as four new gender-neutral family emojis,” he explained.
The gender-neutral family emoji feature gray silhouettes and come in four designs: a family with two adults and one child, a family with one adult and two children, a family with one adult and one child, and a family with two adults and two children.
According to Emojipedia, it looks like two new faces will be added, in the form of a head that moves horizontally and a head that moves vertically.
A phoenix, a file, a brown mushroom, and a broken chain could also be coming to your smartphone soon.
According to Emojipedia, it looks like two new faces will be added, in the form of a head that moves horizontally and a head that moves vertically. A phoenix, a file, a brown mushroom, and a broken chain could also be coming to your smartphone soon.
Apart from these characters, new directional versions of six different types of person emoji could arrive this year.
These are the person who walks, the person who runs, the person who kneels, the person with a white cane, the person in a manual wheelchair, and the person in a motorized wheelchair.
Unfortunately, it is not clear if these emoji will be in the final version of Emoji 15.1.
“However, based on recent years, it is likely that the final version will reflect this preliminary list,” added Emojipedia.
“This means no new emoji will be added at this stage, although there is a small chance that a candidate emoji draft will be changed or removed before September.”
In terms of timeline, Emojipedia predicts that some platforms will launch these new emoji within a few months.
“Expect to see some companies introduce early emoji support in late 2023, with most updates coming in the first half of 2024,” he added.
