The different people
Apr 29, 2024 22:02:29 GMT -6
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Male and female faces, as well as thumbs up and down icons, will be available in different colors. Other emoji characters, such as princesses and builders, will also have greater diversity. By pressing and holding an emoji you will be able to see the new skin tone options.
are just some of the 300 new emojis included in the latest version of iOS 8.3. The new icons will not be available to the public until the update is released later this year.
Apple pledged to increase diversity in its emoji Canadian Hospitals Email List keyboard last March, after public complaints about limited options for people of diverse backgrounds. A petition on Dosomething.org collected thousands of signatures. Even Miley Cyrus tweeted about it, helping it go viral on Twitter.
Current icons include same-sex couples but no black characters. There is an Asian man wearing a traditional Chinese cap and an Indian man with a turban, but the rest of the emoji population is light-skinned.
Creating greater diversity in emoji selection wasn't as easy as releasing a new iOS update. The illustrated icon keyboard is based on Unicode, the standard for text, numbers and emojis on all platforms. Emoji originated in Japan and were added to the Un
icode Standard in 2010. Apple included them natively in iOS in 2011.
“Apple deeply supports and cares about diversity, and is working with The Unicode Consortium to update the standard so that it has better representation of diversity for everyone,” an Apple spokesperson said.
are just some of the 300 new emojis included in the latest version of iOS 8.3. The new icons will not be available to the public until the update is released later this year.
Apple pledged to increase diversity in its emoji Canadian Hospitals Email List keyboard last March, after public complaints about limited options for people of diverse backgrounds. A petition on Dosomething.org collected thousands of signatures. Even Miley Cyrus tweeted about it, helping it go viral on Twitter.
Current icons include same-sex couples but no black characters. There is an Asian man wearing a traditional Chinese cap and an Indian man with a turban, but the rest of the emoji population is light-skinned.
Creating greater diversity in emoji selection wasn't as easy as releasing a new iOS update. The illustrated icon keyboard is based on Unicode, the standard for text, numbers and emojis on all platforms. Emoji originated in Japan and were added to the Un
icode Standard in 2010. Apple included them natively in iOS in 2011.
“Apple deeply supports and cares about diversity, and is working with The Unicode Consortium to update the standard so that it has better representation of diversity for everyone,” an Apple spokesperson said.