Microsoft and Apple to Bring New Unicode 10-Based Emoji in Windows 10, iOS 11

The Unicode Consortium rolled out version 10 of its standard earlier this week, and Microsoft and Apple are the first two tech giants adopting it for their own products.

Microsoft has already started testing the new emoji in preview builds of Windows 10, with everyone else to get it when the Fall Creators Update goes live in September this year. Apple, on the other hand, is expected to make the new smiley faces available in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, both of them coming in the fall as well.

Apple typically needs more time to add new emoji to its products, but given the fact that updated software is projected to go live in the fall, the company should have enough time to make this happen.

The new emoji

The updated Unicode standard brings several new emoji, including new clothing symbols like Christmas stockings, but also dinosaurs, an updated vomiting face, and new food like steak, pretzel, chopsticks, broccoli and a coconut. There are also new...