Appled rolled out new emojis with its recent 15.4 update for iPhones and iPad, offering users more skintone options and a cheeky set of smiley faces to convey emotions.
For one, the handshake emoji now comes in 15 inclusive iterations, a mix match of five different complexions.
Emojis can represent whatever you want them to, with things like heart always standing for love, while the crying emoji has come to denote laughter despite the tears.
Here are our suggested uses for the new emojis.
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Heat Index
Express how you truly feel when the sweltering heat hits. No words, no explanations. Just melting.
Pretend You Do Not See (but really you do)
Accidentally saw a screenshot you weren't supposed to see? Read that message before it was unsent, and sent to the right groupchat?
Don't worry, this emoji has your back.
"What am I doing here?"
There are moments in life when you're stuck in situations you absolutely don't want to be in. Eating alone surrounded by couples with no social distance? Caught in the middle of a work argument you're not part of?
Disappearing or just fading away isn't an option just yet, but there is an emoji that captures your internal mumbling of "I hate it here."
Alternatively, this very much feels like impostor syndrome in emoji form. Nothing quite like questioning your capabilites.
The finger heart is here
Finally, the finger heart emoji is here. K-pop stans and k-drama fans have long been familiar with the gesture that conveys like or love so casually in a cute way. Almost everyone's using it and now you can too in texts.
Flood your idol's next livestreams with this or tweet about your new fave drama accompanied by a finger heart.
Love x2
If one hand isn't enough, you can always shoot hearts with both. Give twice the love with this new hand hear emoji.
Burnout
How do you tell your coworker you've had enough without the danger of your boss snooping and finding out you want to go home when there's still so much to do?
This one's for all the tired and spent employees of the world.
Or you could just send it to friends if you're low on battery and can't chat.
For the latest updates
You've heard of spill the tea with the green tea emoji, but if you're going for something a little more lowkey, you can always send this to friends as a sign to spill the beans. Call this the new Marites emoji.
Vaccine card?
There's no vaccine card emoji just yet but this one is as close as you can get. Give your friends and a family a heads up in case an establishment or tourist spot needs vaccine cards.
Time to party
We find it kind of hard to believe that Apple came out with a disco ball emoji just now—it felt like we've always had one.
Let this be the emoji you send for any and all future meet-ups with people post-pandemic, when it's safer. You could hold a contained party or a virtual one, and this emoji would be just as useful.