Windows 10 Emoji Changelog
Skin tone modifiers, the middle finger, and a sassier information desk person are amongst the emoji updates in Windows 10.
Scheduled for release mid-2015, Microsoft brings a range of changes to their color emoji font, Segoe UI Emoji, in Windows 10.
This includes those shown above:
Face With OK Gesture With Black Skin Tone
🖕 Reversed Hand With Middle Finger Extended
Flushed Face
💁 Information Desk Person With Cream White Skin Tone
Timeline Of Windows Emoji Support
Some may be surprised to learn that emoji support on Windows is not new. It dates back to 2012, with the release of Windows 8. The lack of support for emoji when using Chrome for Windows may be a factor in this.
July 2009: Windows 7 is released, with no emoji support. Emoji only becomes included as part of the Unicode Standard in 2009, and is not in any form of widespread use outside of Japan.
October 2012: Windows 8 is released, which includes emoji support out of the box; but only in black and white. Windows 7 receives an update which installs the same Segoe UI Symbol font used in Windows 8.
October 2013: Windows 8.1 is released, which includes support for color emoji for the first time, provided by a new Segoe UI Emoji font. This uses the same images as Windows 8, but not shown in color for the first time.
July 2015: Windows 10 is expected to be released. This is the first update to emoji characters since Windows 8.1 in 2013. There’s been a lot to catch up on in the past 18 months.
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