Over 200 Emojis Set To Drop Next Year—Including A Gender-Neutral Category

despite previously stating that we would have to wait until 2022 due to the delay surrounding COVID-19—it has now been confirmed that new emojis will instead be dropping next year. Over 200 new emojis are on the way and they are more diverse than ever, including an entire gender-neutral category and hundreds of mixed skin tones.

@CNN reports, Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization  that is responsible for emoji standards and new releases, just announced that more than 200 new emojis will be released throughout 2021 in a limited “Emoji 13.1” drop. The updates are set to be available on smartphones anywhere from January to October 2021, with the more complete “Emoji 14.0” package set to drop in 2022.