Android 16 users can get early access to 163 new emojis that'll soon be everywhere – here’s how

• We now have Unicode approval for 163 new emojis
• They've shown up first in a new Android 16 beta
• Everyone should be getting these emojis early in 2026

You're soon going to have a host of new ways to express yourself in pictorial form, because 163 new emojis have now been approved by Unicode – the emoji regulator in chief – and you can test them out now if you're running the latest Android 16 QPR3 beta.

If you've got a very good memory, you might recall that this batch of new graphics were proposed last November, and they've all made it through the approval process except for the eaten apple core (it's not clear why we lost that particular one).

As per Emojipedia, there are in fact just seven new basic emojis: Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Orca, Hairy Creature (think Bigfoot), Trombone, Landslide, and Treasure ...