The Unicode Consortium has announced the draft standard for Emoji 17.0, set to be in use on devices and platforms from late 2025 to early 2026, depending on implementation and additional designs by various companies.
The new Emojis included in Emoji 17.0 are as follows:
– Distorted Face
– Fight Cloud
– Apple Core
– Orca
– Hairy Creature
– Trombone
– Landslide
– Treasure Chest
– Ballet Dancer
Each of these new Emojis in Emoji 17.0 comes with detailed skin tone variations in 5 levels following the Emoji Personas guidelines, with no gender differentiation.
Additionally, Emoji 17.0 introduces skin tone variations to current Emojis such as the person wearing a bunny suit and people wrestling.
Emoji 17.0 is currently in the feedback receiving stage, with the final version expected to be approved in September next year. Source: Emojipedia
TLDR:
The Unicode Consortium has revealed the Emoji 17.0 draft standard, featuring 9 new Emojis with detailed skin tone variations and approval expected by September next year.
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