The frequent addition of new emojis to the Unicode standard is testimony to their popularity. These tiny graphical assets add emotions, intention, and character to mere words. The article as published on November 24, 2020, is preserved below.Įmojis have become an integral part of our informal expression. Update 1 ( 1:53 PM ET): Google has merged the commits that enable updatable system fonts in Android, just in time for Android 12.