Emoji have very little space to convey a large message. A simple shape makes it easier for users to scroll through a set of more than 2,000 emoji to find the one they want.

Originally, every firm showed the emoji as a firearm, except Microsoft, which designed it as a Buck Rogers-style ray gun. In 2016, however, Apple changed it from a firearm to a water pistol.

Well, that's all been set right, as Jeremy Burge, chief emoji officer at Emojipedia, tweeted Tuesday: Responding to complaints, Apple's bagel emoji has been updated in the latest iOS 12.1 beta pic ...

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 ...

Apple has redesigned an upcoming new bagel emoji following an outcry over an earlier plain look. The new, more realistic, emoji in an ios 12.1 beta release looks puffier and comes with cream cheese.

The apple emoji, for example, is bright red and has a leaf, even though most real-life apples aren’t such a perfect crayon shade of red nor do they sport greenery.

That's right, the weird blobby smiley faces from previous versions of Android are being replaced by round smiley faces, while other, more realistic emoji are getting a bit more detailed and ...