Forget the climate emergency, the impeachment trial, and the spread of the new coronavirus — It’s time for light-hearted news, like the new emojis making it to your phone in 2020.
📝 Now approved: 117 new emojis for 2020 #Emoji2020 https://t.co/SojQuXZvv6 pic.twitter.com/sHp7GDsSal
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020
The list of the new 117 emojis has just been released, and the Unicode Consortium, which develops the new emojis, is painting in broad strokes for its new additions, with emojis ranging from the transgender flag to an anatomical heart to bubble tea.