Every year, the Unicode Consortium decides on new emoji characters that will be coming to smartphones and other devices in the future, and this

Yes, there is an official organization in charge of emojis, called the Unicode Consortium – and it's just put forward its annual proposal for the new graphics we might be seeing on the best iPhones and best Android phones in the next year or two.

The proposed emoji for 2025/2026 have been revealed. Take a look at the concepts for each new emoji coming next year.

The Unicode Consortium this week published its Unicode 17 emoji recommendations. The Consortium has proposed eight new emoji characters.

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the same holds true with the Unicode 17 batch. There appear to be about nine uniquely new emojis proposed, including a hairy creature that resembles Big Foot, an apple core, a ballet dancer, an orca, a trombone, a rockslide, a treasure chest, and a slightly more abstract “fight cloud” symbol.

Unicode plans to add 8 new emojis next year, including Bigfoot and a Google-inspired treasure chest. Reading emoji proposal documents can be unexpectedly entertaining and fun. Emojis are a universal tool for communication and can spice up texting life for everyone.

The Unicode Consortium has issued its latest collection of emoji you could be using on an iPhone in late 2025, including a distorted face, a "fight cloud," and an apple core.