Apple and Samsung brought nine new emoji to their devices this year with the releases of iOS 18.4 and One UI 7. The new emoji ...

“So many emojis have alternate meanings, and sometimes offensive meanings,” says Niki Tonks, a marketing expert who has researched how different generations interpret emojis. CNN’s recent texting quiz ...

Light Blue Heart There's a new heart emoji on the block (since 2022), and its light blue hue, according to Emojipedia, epitomizes "love, friendship, feelings of warmth, and the color blue." ...

This emoji is supposed to resemble Cupid, the Roman god of love, and his special bow. According to mythology, Cupid could make someone fall in love by hitting them with an arrow.

Each emoji – taken from Apple, Windows, Android, and WeChat platforms – represented one of the six emotional states labelled by the team: happy, disgusted, fearful, sad, surprised, and angry.

Hence, the 🇺🇸 and 🇺🇲 emojis are different, but are interpreted similarly. If you're viewing this page on an iPhone, you should be seeing two identical flags right now.

To respond to your various social posts with emoji, simply tap and hold the Like button on mobile to see them pop up above your finger. On the Web, hover your cursor over the “Like” link to ...