The 2020 vintage is made up of 117 new emojis. - Emojipedia

The 2020 vintage gives pride of place to inclusion and diversity. One hundred and seventeen new emojis will soon land on your virtual keyboards! The Unicode consortium announced this week the list of new symbols that will be available from the second semester on social networks and smartphones.

After the rainbow flag that had appeared four years ago, this time that of the transgender community will soon be available on your smartphones. The emoji representing a person in a wheelchair will also be made available to Internet users. "The new emojis are trying to adapt to the times and to the evolution of mentalities, between LGBTQ and inclusion," notes the Blog of the moderator.

📝 Now approved: 117 new emojis for 2020 # Emoji2020 https://t.co/SojQuXZvv6 pic.twitter.com/sHp7GDsSal

- Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

Symbols that respond to the evolution of society

Certain vintage 2020 emoticons also respond to the evolution of society such as that of a man in a wedding dress, a woman dressed in an evening suit or even a “neutral” character, Mx Claus, who represents an alternative to Santa Claus and Santa Claus.

The consortium also decided to expand its catalog of animal icons. Several extinct species such as the mammoth or the dodo are among the new features of Unicode. The beetle and the beaver are also among the additions planned for 2020.

Other representations are part of the 2020 novelties: dishes and drinks (fondue, bubble tea…) or everyday objects (teapot, screwdriver, toothbrush…) These symbols will be added to the 3,178 emojis already present on different platforms.

These new emojis should arrive on iOS with the next update from Apple. For users of smartphones equipped with Android, it will be necessary to wait for the Android 11 version, planned for this fall.

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