While both iOS and Android are improving the range of emojis available to users, what we're still lacking are cross-platform pictures that look the same on any device. Well, we can dream, can't we?

If you attempt to send the new emojis on iOS 9.1 to an Android user or to an iPhone user that has not upgraded they will not see the new emoji, just a box or a odd symbol.

If you don’t want to always tap and tap on the new emojis, you can set the default skin tone for the new emojis on iOS 8.3. You need to do this for each emoji that you can change the color of.

With a new Android OS, new emojis are also updated. The latest Android 12 update introduced at least 107 new emoji designs to try where 7 new smiley faces of emojis are included.

Although traditional emojis are great in a pinch, custom emojis are a fun way to get your message across perfectly without words.

Use emojis to lighten texts or emails for a casual tone or deeper meaning. Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you the method.

How to update to iOS 16.4 early iOS 16.4 Public Beta 1 is here, which means anyone with an iPhone 8 or newer can install the beta and try out these new emojis.

Google and Apple announced on the World Emoji Day on July 17 that their operating systems will soon get new emojis. The new emojis are likely to arrive later this year.