Facebook Messenger users who have been waiting for emojis that are more reflective of the diversity in the world are in luck. In a post on its Messenger app page, Facebook announced that it has ...

Facebook is seriously upping its emoji game. The company updated Messenger on Wednesday with more than 100 new emoji characters "to better reflect gender and skin tones," Facebook also updated its ...

Just like their Apple and Google counterparts, the tiny picture symbols are more diverse and include better representations of women. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on ...

Facebook and Messenger will soon use the same set of emoji — namely the Facebook standard emoji. Messenger’s emoji will be getting the boot, but at least the platform will have emoji consistency.

Facebook has started rolling out a more diverse set of emojis to its Messenger service on the web, iOS and Android. Facebook Messenger has always allowed you to use the diverse emoji offered via your ...

Facebook has incorporated new features into its Messenger app, and they may seem familiar to iMessage users. Facebook Messenger now lets users add emoji reactions to individual messages, just how ...

Emoji overhaul includes characters that better reflect skin tones and gender. — -- Redheads rejoice! The oft requested redhead emoji is coming to Facebook, along with more than 100 other new ...

Facebook has announced that it is adding 1,500 new emojis to its Messenger app in order to cater for the diversity of its users. The new emojis follow Apple's bulk addition of new emoji characters to ...

Like many couples, my wife and I sometimes use emoji instead of fully formed sentences when we text. Mostly, it’s a time-saver; when you’re already wrangling two toddlers, the last thing you want is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When Apple released iOS 10 in September 2016, it included a feature that was similar to emoji "Reactions" for iMessage text ...

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Not all platforms have kept up with evolving emoji standards, meaning some mobile users end up with a black box rather than that carefully selected unicorn emoji. Facebook Messenger feels your pain, ...