New Emojis 2025: Every Emoji Added in Unicode 16.0

The Unicode Consortium releases a new version of the Unicode Standard roughly once per year. Unicode 16.0 was finalized in September 2024, and the new emojis it defines are packaged in Emoji 16.0.

Once Unicode publishes the standard, Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft implement the new emojis in their operating systems — typically within 6 to 12 months. That means most Unicode 16.0 emojis will be widely available on iOS, Android, and Windows throughout 2025.

Unicode 16.0 adds 35 new emoji characters, bringing the total emoji count to over 3,700 standardized characters.

🫨 Shaking Face — a face vibrating with intensity, used for being overwhelmed, mind-blown, or when something hits differently. One of the most anticipated new faces.

🙂‍↕️ Head Shaking Vertically — nodding yes, enthusiastic agreement, the 'absolutely' face.

🙂‍↔️ Head Shaking Horizontally — the slow 'no' head shake, skepticism, polite disagreement.

These new directional head emojis fill a gap that texters have needed for years — a visual nod or shake without using words.

🐦‍🔥 Phoenix — a mythical bird rising from flames, perfect for comebacks, resilience, and new beginnings. Already wildly popular since its announcement.

🦎 New lizard variants and additional wildlife emojis round out the animal kingdom in Unicode 16.

Mythological creature emojis like the phoenix show how Unicode is expanding beyond real-world animals to meet cultural demand.

🫟 Splatter — a blob/splat shape useful for abstract expression, messy situations, or creative contexts.

🪾 Leafless Tree — bare branches, perfect for autumn, winter, or metaphors about growth and change.

🫚 Olive — joins the food emoji library as a standalone olive, great for Mediterranean food content.

🧊 New variants and flag emojis also expand the symbol range significantly in this update.

iOS: Apple typically ships new emojis in a point release (e.g., iOS 18.x) several months after the Unicode standard is finalized. Expect Unicode 16.0 emojis on iPhone in early-to-mid 2025.

Android: Google Pixel devices get new emojis first, usually in a quarterly Android update. Other Android devices follow based on manufacturer update schedules.

WhatsApp & Telegram: These apps ship their own emoji sets and often update faster than the OS — you may see new emojis in app updates before your system keyboard supports them.

If a new emoji shows as a box (□) on your device, it means your OS version does not yet support it. Update your phone's software to get the latest emojis.

You do not need to wait for your phone to update. PasteMoji lets you copy any emoji — including the newest ones — directly to your clipboard. Visit pastemoji.com/new-emojis/2025 to browse and copy all Unicode 16.0 emojis with one click.

Once copied, paste the emoji into WhatsApp, Instagram, Discord, or any other app. Even if your keyboard does not show the emoji yet, pasting it will display it correctly on devices that support it.