The Unicode Consortium has finalized version 15.1 of the Unicode standard this week. Although Unicode is used to display tens of thousands of characters in languages used worldwide, the headlining ...

Not everyone is a fan of the generic iOS message reactions, called Tapbacks. The six original Tapbacks were a heart, thumbs up or down, a "Haha," exclamation points or a question mark. Some people ...

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The latest WhatsApp beta build introduces sticker suggestions, eliminating the extra step of opening the sticker panel.

Get ready for new emoji in late 2026. Explore the fresh additions like the pickle emoji and what it brings to messaging.

Snapchat is up there as one of the most feature-packed social media platforms — there's everything from goofy filters that let you swap faces with anyone (or anything), to realistic ones that let you ...

If you save a lot of favorite places in Google Maps, you should be thrilled to hear that the app now supports emoji. That is, you can pick any emoji and set it as the symbol for a certain place on the ...