iOS 15 Emoji: All 112 New Characters Coming Soon to Your iPhone in iOS 15.4
The latest emoji character set, Emoji 14.0, was approved on September 14, 2021, less than a week before iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 arrive on supported iPhone and iPad models. There was no time to add new emojis in iOS 15.0, but they will be coming soon in the iOS 15.4 update. So get ready for Melting Face, Biting Lip and Troll just to name a few.
You can expect 37 new emojis and 10 of them have 50 skin tone variations besides the standard yellow. One pre-existing emoji, the handshake, gets 25 different skin tone combinations.
Apple’s last significant emoji release came in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 on April 26, 2021, bringing a total of 226 new emojis, updates, and skin tone variations. That’s about twice as many as iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, but there’s still a lot of emoji ending up in the Frequently Used section.
The new emojis are currently in the second beta of iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 released February 8, 2022. These emoji also appear in Apple’s macOS Monterey 12.3 update, which is also in beta 2. There may still be a few betas left before a stable version is released for everyone to install.
The image above shows all of the new emojis, including mixed skin tone handshake variations as they appear on Apple devices. Many look different than the default emoji versions, as seen on Emojipedia.
Below is the full list of new characters in Emoji 14.0 coming soon to your iOS or macOS device. If you see empty fields or fields with a question mark or X inside (glyph. notdef, aka indefinite) where characters should be, your version of iOS, iPadOS, or macOS does not yet support emoji. And if you see all yellow for the first group of handshake skin tone options, it’s because that emoji already exists for your device, but not for the skin tone.
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FACES
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? Melting Face
? Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth
? Face with Peeking Eye
? Saluting Face
? Dotted Line Face
? Face with Diagonal Mouth
? Face Holding Back Tears
? Biting Lip
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HANDS
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? Rightwards Hand
?? Rightwards Hand: Light Skin Tone
?? Rightwards Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Rightwards Hand: Medium Skin Tone
?? Rightwards Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Rightwards Hand: Dark Skin Tone
? Leftwards Hand
?? Leftwards Hand: Light Skin Tone
?? Leftwards Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Leftwards Hand: Medium Skin Tone
?? Leftwards Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Leftwards Hand: Dark Skin Tone
? Palm Down Hand
?? Palm Down Hand: Light Skin Tone
?? Palm Down Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Palm Down Hand: Medium Skin Tone
?? Palm Down Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Palm Down Hand: Dark Skin Tone
? Palm Up Hand
?? Palm Up Hand: Light Skin Tone
?? Palm Up Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone
?? Palm Up Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Palm Up Hand: Dark Skin Tone
? Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed
?? Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Light Skin Tone
?? Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Medium Skin Tone
?? Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed: Dark Skin Tone
? Index Pointing at the Viewer
?? Index Pointing at the Viewer: Light Skin Tone
?? Index Pointing at the Viewer: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Index Pointing at the Viewer: Medium Skin Tone
?? Index Pointing at the Viewer: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Index Pointing at the Viewer: Dark Skin Tone
? Heart Hands
?? Heart Hands: Light Skin Tone
?? Heart Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Heart Hands: Medium Skin Tone
?? Heart Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Heart Hands: Dark Skin Tone
?? Handshake: Light Skin Tone
?? Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Handshake: Medium Skin Tone
?? Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Handshake: Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
???? Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
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PEOPLE
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? Person with Crown
?? Person with Crown: Light Skin Tone
?? Person with Crown: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Person with Crown: Medium Skin Tone
?? Person with Crown: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Person with Crown: Dark Skin Tone
? Pregnant Man
?? Pregnant Man: Light Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Man: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Man: Medium Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Man: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Man: Dark Skin Tone
? Pregnant Person
?? Pregnant Person: Light Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Person: Medium-Light Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Person: Medium Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Person: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
?? Pregnant Person: Dark Skin Tone
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OTHERS
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? Troll
? Coral
? Lotus
? Empty Nest
? Nest with Eggs
? Beans
? Pouring Liquid
? Jar
? Playground Slide
? Wheel
? Ring Buoy
? Hamsa
? Mirror Ball
? Low Battery
? Crutch
? X-Ray
? Bubbles
? Identification Card
? Heavy Equals Sign
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