? iOS 13.2 is out now with these 398 new emojis https://t.co/mYK0uXJ8t1 pic.twitter.com/eGwIH7g8ip
— Emojipedia ? (@Emojipedia) October 28, 2019
Apple is sending an iMessage of inclusivity with iOS 13.2, adding emoji designs to reflect its gender non-binary users and those living with disabilities.
New in iOS 13.2: A gender-neutral option for nearly all human emojis 🧛♀️ / 🧛 / 🧛♂️ pic.twitter.com/ZFKhQhNhwk
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) October 28, 2019
As Emojipedia’s blog reports, the software update loads 398 new emoji designs and 265 refreshed designs onto Apple devices. And gender neutrality was the name of the game for 255 of those refreshed designs. For example, the painter, farmer, cop, detective, scientist, superhero, fairy, and juggler emoji can all be made gender-neutral now.
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The update also adds 67 accessibility-focused designs, including mechanical limbs, people using wheelchairs, people walking with white canes, deaf people, and an ear with a hearing aid.
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New in iOS 13.2: 🧑🦽 Person in Manual Wheelchair https://t.co/BskyvwYbNU pic.twitter.com/L4QDow1CgM
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) October 29, 2019
Apple actually requested disability-inclusive emoji in a March 2018 proposal sent to the Unicode Consortium. “Currently, emoji provide a wide range of options, but may not represent the experiences of those with disabilities,” Apple wrote in the proposal, per CNN Business. “Diversifying the options available helps fill a significant gap and provides a more inclusive experience for all.”
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iOS 13.2 also adds the ability to make male and/or female emoji of any skin tone hold hands — though, strangely, it’s yet not possible to make men and women emoji figures hold hands with gender-nonbinary figures, according to the blog post.
And there are also eight new food designs — including an onion, a waffle, a stick of butter, and a serving of falafel — and eight new animal designs — including a skunk, a sloth, a flamingo, and an otter.
Yes, if you identify as more of an otter than a bear, this is a day for celebration. iOS 13.2 is available for installation now.
New in iOS 13.2: 🦦 Otter https://t.co/WrbkPb1u7h pic.twitter.com/U5SIGXPL2X
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) October 29, 2019
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Good news, I tend to be rather emoginal….
wellinmysoul
“tend” hell… fu*ck your ignorant self… please
wellinmysoul
looking for the “new” you
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
wellmysmcubag:. Last time going to reply to your inane ignorant comments REXHUSKY (one profile been banned, shooting for another???). You are a vile disgusting abhorrent noxious puke troll. Your sad miserable “life” consists of feeble attempts to disparage other posters on this site. I know I’ve used a lot of big words in my reply that your pathetic empty mind will never be able to comprehend. So just pick up a box of Bon-Bons to binge on. Take your morbidly obese disgusting pungent fat arse. And waddle down to the filthy room in your Mother’s basement and rot away loser troll…
Rex Huskey
like i say, shut up fool!! just calling em like I see em!
RIGay
So… the SMILEY FACE icon was binary? I’m confused, is a circle with two dots and a smile male? Female? Something else? I mean… been using that for decades… what population have I been offending?
Oh, wait, that’s right… I don’t give a crap about emoji’s.