New emojis: women with a beard and syringe without blood
New emojis are coming again. Some existing emojis are also being modified. For example, Apple updated the syringe emoji and removed the blood from the needle. She does this because the whole world is vaccinating against the coronavirus and the emoji can now serve as a vaccination emoji.
Apple is introducing a new vaccine emoji by repurposing this existing emoji ? https://t.co/oj5ucmyac7
— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) February 16, 2021
Other emojis also change
In the new iOS 14.5 beta, the headphone emoji is now an AirPods Max. There are even beard emojis available for both men and women. Gender neutrality is very important to Apple.
Making vaccination more accessible
By removing the blood from the needle of the syringe emoji, Apple seems to want a more neutral image of vaccinating yourself. The squirt emoji is much older than the coronavirus outbreak. It dates from 1999 and was mainly used for blood donation in Japan and was standardized within the Unicode standard in 2010.
Apple is introducing a new vaccine emoji by repurposing this existing emoji ? https://t.co/oj5ucmyac7
— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) February 16, 2021
First look: new emojis in latest iOS 14.5 beta https://t.co/tdSiIYB0gI pic.twitter.com/l6bi48ZZ20
— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) February 16, 2021
Sets with different skin colors
Also included in this release: couples with different skin tones.
As many as 200 of the 217 new emojis in this release are there to let you choose these more inclusive sets via the emoji keyboard. The new emojis will be introduced this spring at the earliest.