Nexus phones are getting new emoji next week before other Android devices

Dec03

by Sindy Cator on December 3, 2015 at 12:00 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Emoji, Google

An update coming to Android Nexus phones next well is bringing new emoji. Android’s SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer showed them off in a tweet announcing the update. Look! New emoji coming to #Nexus next week. Fonts and tech details shared with OEMs to include in their updates too. pic.twitter.com/GwvKw2d67p — Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) December 3, 2015 The new icons are part of the Unicode 8.0 standard, which is already available on iOS. To support this, Android users will need a new keyboard and Google’s throwing in a new font as well, so there’s a full system update on the way next…