The Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit devoted to developing, maintaining and promoting software standards and data, and it also releases new emoji once a year. On July 17, also known as World Emoji Day, Unicode announced that the newest emoji will debut this September as part of Unicode 17.0. That means iPhones with iOS 26 and Android devices will get these emoji sometime next spring.
Here are the new emoji you can expect to see later this year and on your device next year.
Trombone
Treasure chest
Distorted face
Hairy creature (Sasquatch)
Fight cloud
Apple core
Orca
Ballet dancers
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