EMOJI 5.0 FOR 2017 TO BE RELEASED IN JUNE

Emojipedia founder and Chief Emoji Officer Jeremy Burge has announced that the Unicode Consortium has approved 69 emoji as part of the Emoji 5.0 update for 2017. Emoji 5.0 includes new smileys, foods, drinks, flags and people and the Emoji 5.0 update will include new fantasy characters for the first time like mermaids (and mermen), zombies, elves, genies and vampires.

The Emoji 5.0 update is slated to release in June 2017 and it actually contains 239 emoji in total when gender and skin tone recommendations are included.

After the Unicode Consortium encodes the new emoji, vendors like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter decide when to implement the changes. Google and Apple will likely implement the new emoji between October and December 2017.

The update includes gender-inclusive versions of children, adults and older adults. Additions to the “faces” category include a star-struck face, a face with a raised eyebrow (inspired by Stephen Colbert), an exploding head, a face with symbols over the mouth (swearing), a shushing face, a face with a hand over the mouth and a face with a monocle.
New emoji in the “animals” category include a zebra, a giraffe, a hedgehog, a sauropod, a T-Rex and a cricket. Emoji 5.0 includes the flags of England, Scotland and Wales. The "food" emoji includes a cut of meat (steak), a coconut, broccoli, a pretzel, a sandwich, cereal, canned food, a dumpling, a fortune cookie, a hot pie, a takeout box and a cup with a straw.


Here is a list of the emoji contained in the Emoji 5.0 update:

- Face With One Eyebrow Raised (aka Colbert Emoji)

- Grinning Face With Star Eyes

- Grinning Face With One Large and One Small Eye

- Face With Finger Covering Closed Lips (aka Shhh)

- Serious Face With Symbols Covering Mouth (aka Swearing Face)

- Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth

- Face With Monocle

- Shocked Face With Exploding Head

- Face With Open Mouth Vomiting

- Child (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)

- Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)

- Older Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)

- Person With Headscarf (aka Hijab; supports skin tones)

- Bearded Person (Supports skin tones)

- Breast-Feeding (Supports skin tones)

- Woman Mage (aka Witch; supports skin tones)

- Man Mage (aka Wizard; supports skin tones)

- Woman Fairy (Supports skin tones)

- Man Fairy (Supports skin tones)

- Woman Vampire (Supports skin tones)

- Man Vampire (Supports skin tones)

- Merwoman (aka Mermaid; supports skin tones)

- Merman (Supports skin tones)

- Woman Elf (Supports skin tones)

- Man Elf (Supports skin tones)

- Woman Genie

- Man Genie

- Woman Zombie (Supports skin tones)

- Man Zombie (Supports skin tones)

- Woman in Steamy Room (aka Woman in Sauna; supports skin tones)

- Man in Steamy Room (aka Man in Sauna; supports skin tones)

- Woman Climbing (aka Female Rock Climber; supports skin tones)

- Man Climbing (aka Male Rock Climber; supports skin tones)

- Woman in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones)

- Man in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones)

- I Love You Hand Sign (Supports skin tones)

- Palms Up Together (Supports skin tones)

- Brain

- Orange Heart

- Scarf

- Gloves

- Coat

- Socks

- Billed Cap (aka Baseball Cap)

- Zebra Face

- Giraffe Face

- Hedgehog

- Sauropod

- T-Rex

- Cricket

- Coconut

- Broccoli

- Pretzel

- Cut of Meat (aka Steak)

- Sandwich

- Bowl With Spoon (aka Cereal)

- Canned Food

- Dumpling

- Fortune Cookie

- Takeout Box

- Pie

- Cup With Straw (aka Soda or Milkshake)

- Chopsticks

- Flying Saucer

- Sled

- Curling Stone

- Flag for England

- Flag for Scotland

- Flag for Wales

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