If you didn’t update your device, it meant that when new emoji were released, they would display as those black boxes you saw, which are referred to as a “tofu.” It gets worse: What if your phone doesn’t offer OS updates? Well, you’d have to buy a newer phone. Historically, emoji have been at the mercy of operating system updates. For way too long, 96% of Android users couldn’t see emoji released the year they debuted.Īnd it isn't just an Android problem: Despite being one of the earliest platforms to include emoji, Gmail received its first emoji update since 2016 last year! (You read that right: Two-thousand-sixteen!) This often resulted in skin toned and gendered emoji appearing broken. (Not to rub it in but they are so good!!! There’s a salute 🫡, a face holding back tears, 🥹 and another face that’s melting 🫠!) Sadly, you’re not the only one who’s losing things in translation. Sounds like your friend was using some of the new emoji that were released this month. Why did the emoji my friend typed to me show up as ? To find out exactly what caused our communication breakdown, I decided to ask emoji expert Jennifer Daniel. Rows of emoji followed by different boxes - like this - appeared…so I sent back a simple “huh?” Apparently she’d sent me a string of emoji that were meant to tell me about her weekend and let’s just say that it was all lost in translation. A few months ago, I received a message from a friend that, I have to confess, made absolutely no sense.
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