The shaking face emoji will mostly be used for shake reactions, or it could become the official earthquake emoji thanks to its shake-like features. While people often use the Folded Hands emoji as a high five, this year we have an official one. Hand to the right and to the left will work as a way to say no or as a high five when used together. The perfect reaction if your boss asks you to do something, and then you can innocently claim that you’re just being like a true professional. Also, we finally get a wireless emoji. Surprisingly, there is no Wi-Fi emoji at the moment, so everyone had to use the antenna bars emoji designed to mimic a mobile signal. Wireless emoji will save all Wi-Fi lovers. If you’ve been waiting for a pink heart emoji, it looks like it’s coming later this year. The rough emoji list also includes a number of animals. Image: Emojipedia It wouldn’t be an emoji update without some new animals and plants. Emoji 15 includes new mammals, birds, and even a jellyfish emoji that no one wants to find on a beach. This year we will have a moose face, a donkey, a black bird, a goose and a feather. Hyacinth, ginger and pea pods are also on the way. Latin music fans will be happy to hear that maracas will appear as emoji on iOS and Android later this year. And if you were forced to play a recorder or flute at a young age, a flute emoji is here to relive those childhood memories. In total, there are 31 proposed emojis for Emoji 15, which is significantly less than the 112 proposals last year and 334 in 2020. “In fact, it’s the smallest number of new emojis Unicode has ever proposed at any one time.” says Emojipedia. This list will not be finalized by the Unicode Consortium until September, but most tentative candidates are usually accepted. The Verge’s own Jay Peters has previously contributed suggestions for the greeting face, bubbles, yawning face, and waffle emoji. You can read about the emoji creation journey here.
