NEW DELHI: In May this year,
Google proposed 13 new women-centric
emoji
to the
Unicode
Consortium. The emoji represent women in business, healthcare, science , education, technology, industry, farming, food service, and music sectors. And finally, Unicode Consortium has approved 11 of the 13 emoji proposed by
Google.
“Today, the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee has agreed to add 11 new professional emoji, in both male and female options and with all the skin tones. That’s more than 100 new emoji to choose from!,” read an official Google blog post.
It’s also mentioned that Unicode is adding male and female versions to 33 existing emoji, including runners, police officers and more.
Google says that the new
emoji characters
might be included in future versions of Android.
“These additions can be included in future versions of Android and other platforms — because Unicode helps make sure that people with different phones can send and receive the same emoji,” the firm said.
For those unaware, the Unicode Consortium is a non-profit corporation that oversees tasks including the development, maintenance, and promotion of software internationalization standards.
According to a research made by Adweek, 92% of online consumers use emoji. Out of these, almost 78% are women who frequently use emoji.
Google’s rival Apple is also working on
bringing more emoji to its iOS platform. The Cupertino-based tech giant revealed a bunch of new features coming to its upcoming iOS 10, at its WWDC 2016 conference.
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