What 117 new emojis are coming out in 2020?

The emoji list for 2020 is now complete, with 117 emojis making the final cut for release this year. Additions include Bubble Tea, Smiling Face With Tear, bottle-feeding parents and the Transgender Flag. Emojipedia released sample images for each of the new emojis approved as part of this list.

📲 117 new emojis already announced are still coming to phones this year. Designs will vary by platform, these are samples made by Emojipedia for reference: https://t.co/INdjEJb5A5

— Jeremy Burge (@jeremyburge) April 8, 2020

Welcome additions include an emoji showing People Hugging which shows a greater sense of empathy than the previous excited-looking Hugging Face, a pinched finger gesture which is commonly referred to simply as "Italian Hand Gesture".

Variations of existing emojis now approved for 2020 include a woman or gender-inclusive person in a tuxedo, as well as a gender-neutral person or a man in a veil (both were changes proposed by Google). These, along with other approved emojis, will be coming to phones later this year.

Also included in this update is a gender-inclusive alternative to Santa Claus and Mrs Claus, named Mx Claus. This addition is part of an ongoing effort to make a more consistent set of gender options across the board and expands upon the 138 new gender-neutral emojis added in late 2019 as part of Emoji 12.1.

As part of today's announcement, Unicode has posted data files and charts for Emoji 13.0, with the sample images shown in the charts for vendor guidance.

As with all new emoji releases, the appearance of each emoji varies by platform. These emojis may look different on Android and iOS, WhatsApp, Twitter and GBoard.

Certain emojis have key additions from their previous years' sets. For most users, these new emojis will come to devices in software updates throughout 2020.

This is good news for the year 2020. We will though get the 14.0 - 2020 emojis update late by six months.