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Seven new emoji and Emoji Kitchen in YouTube Shorts

On World Emoji Day, Google unveiled exciting updates for Emoji Kitchen, including its integration with YouTube Shorts.

image: blog.google

On World Emoji Day, Google provided updates on Emoji Kitchen, including an integration with YouTube Shorts. The Unicode Consortium, an international standard for digital text, has introduced seven new emoji characters: fingerprint, leafless tree, harp, splat, face with bags under eyes, shovel, and root vegetable. These new emoji will be accessible as a web font in color and monochrome formats in September. Their integration into Android phones is scheduled for March 2025, with availability in other Google products planned for early 2025.

Seven new emoji: a blue fingerprint; brown leafless tree; golden harp; purple splat; yellow face with bags under eyes; gray and brown shovel; and a red and green root vegetable — image: blog.google

Emoji Kitchen is accessible through Google Search. A search for "emoji kitchen" initiates the feature. The interface presents two sections: "combine" and "explore". The "combine" section enables users to merge any two emoji, while the "explore" section displays potential combinations for a selected emoji.