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iOS 26.4 adds new emoji to your iPhone, here’s what’s coming

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Why This Matters

The addition of new emoji in iOS 26.4 enhances cross-platform communication and reflects ongoing industry efforts to diversify digital expression. This update is significant for both developers and consumers, ensuring more inclusive and engaging messaging experiences across devices. As emoji continue to evolve, they play a crucial role in digital culture and user interaction.

Key Takeaways

iOS 26.4 beta 4 rolled out today for developers, and it includes a number of brand new emoji for iPhone users. Here are all the new emoji coming with iOS 26.4.

New emoji coming with iOS 26.4 are available now in beta

Every year, a group called the Unicode Consortium votes to approve a new batch of emoji that will later be added to the iPhone, as well as other platforms like Android, Windows, and more.

The iOS 26 batch of new emoji were officially approved last summer, but now they’re being added to the iPhone with iOS 26.4.

Available in today’s beta 4 release are the following new emoji:

Ballet Dancers

Distorted Face

Fight Cloud

Hairy Creature

Landslide

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