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Google Redesigns its Emoji to be More Universal and Authentic

posted by martyb on Monday July 19 2021, @09:56PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Google redesigns its emoji to be more universal and authentic

Google is tweaking 992 of its emoji designs to make them more "universal, accessible, and authentic," the company announced today. The new designs will arrive this fall alongside Android 12, but Google says they'll also be available on older versions with apps that use its Appcompat compatibility layer. They're also coming to other Google platforms like Gmail, Chrome OS, Google Chat, and YouTube Live Chat this month.

[...] [The] bikini emoji no longer looks like it's being worn by an invisible person, and the face mask emoji now shows a face with its eyes open. Google says it made this change to reflect the fact that masks have become "a universal way of showing kindness to others" rather than a symbol of someone being sick.

[...] If you're wondering why we've seen such a flurry of emoji news over the past couple of days, it's because this year's World Emoji Day [landed] July 17th.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @02:35AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @02:35AM (#1158583)

    [clap-clap] [thumbs up] [heart] [smiley]

    Even if you describe them, that doesn't make hieroglyphics legible. Are you trying to say something about VD resulting from taking pleasure in phalangeal penetration from a loved one?

    You might consider expressing yourself more eloquently using the non-pictorial squiggles many of us know as "words".

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:03AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:03AM (#1158596)

    ...expressing yourself more eloquently...

    But, my friend, you have understood my comment perfectly. By pretending to applaud, approve, love and be happy about the effort Google is making, I was at the same time demonstrating how equivocal such attempts at language-by-hieroglyph actually are, and that improving their depictions (or in my post, virtualizing their depiction) does nothing to fix the defects in the that communication strategy.

    So you have arrived where I had intended, hopefully having had a chuckle and an interesting mental journey. Now how could I have been more eloquent?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:13AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:13AM (#1158599)

      ...and the trouble with words is that sometimes, in editing them, some get away from you...

      ...does nothing to fix the defects in the that communication strategy.