iOS 17.4 beta adds 118 new emoji. The phoenix one is fire.
The iOS 17.4 beta update dropped with 118 new emoji, according to a recent Emojipedia blog post, including two head-shaking emoji that signify yes or no, a fiery phoenix, a lime slice, a mushroom, and a broken chain.
The aforementioned six are, as Emojipedia pointed out, "brand new emoji concepts." However, the remaining emoji build upon already established characters.
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iOS 17.4 beta new emoji
On top of the sextet of new emoji concepts, you'll also find four "non-gender-specifying" family emoji with the following combinations:
Adult, Adult, Child
Adult, Child, Child
Adult, Child
Adult, Adult, Child, Child
"In addition to these new four non-gender-specifying family emojis being introduced, the iOS 17.4 beta also changes all of the existing family emoji designs," Emojipedia said.
In other words, instead of the family emoji set having its current colorful aesthetic, they will now have a white-silhouette-on-gray-background look.
iOS 17.4 beta also introduces 108 new direction-specifying people emoji with varying skin tones and genders for the following characters:
Person walking
Person running
Person kneeling
Person with white cane
Person in wheelchair (manual)
Person in wheelchair (motorized)
iOS 17.4 is expected to roll out to the wider public some time this spring.
Topics iOS
Kimberly Gedeon, at Mashable since 2023, is a tech explorer who enjoys doing deep dives into the most popular gadgets, from the latest iPhones to the most immersive VR headsets. She's drawn to strange, avant-garde, bizarre tech, whether it's a 3D laptop, a gaming rig that can transform into a briefcase, or smart glasses that can capture video. Her journalism career kicked off about a decade ago at MadameNoire where she covered tech and business before landing as a tech editor at Laptop Mag in 2020.
