Men In Veils, a Crying Smiley, That Italian Hand Gesture: 2020's New Emojis Are Looking Real Good

The milk tea with boba one is definitely going to be our most used emoji.

by Mia Rodriguez
Jan 31, 2020

(SPOT.ph) So much went down in January alone that we're pretty sure you wish 2020 was already over—but here's one thing to look forward to as we commence our slow crawl through the next 11 months. The new lineup of emojis approved for 2020 by the Unicode Consortium is looking pretty darn cool. There are 117 new emojis scheduled for release in the second half of 2020, including more gender-inclusive options (with 55 gender and skin-tone variants), extinct animals, and smileys with the biggest moods.

???? Video: Every new emoji approved for 2020 #Emoji2020 https://t.co/epo6rbkMYK pic.twitter.com/Fnj6f4VnIs
— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

Emojipedia has released images of what the new emojis could look like, though the consortium notes that the final design and release dates will be up to the vendors (read: Android, Apple). Take a look at some of the best ones we've seen:

New in Emoji 13.0: Bubble Tea #Emoji2020 https://t.co/QP4yXYsw88 pic.twitter.com/J8lzsFWg0B
— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) January 30, 2020

For all you milk tea-obsessed folks out there!

New in Emoji 13.0: Pinched Fingers, with skin tone support #Emoji2020 https://t.co/nSYHGVUTJn pic.twitter.com/AFGuZf2azR
— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

This is 100% going to be the most overused emoji from this batch—and we're not complaining.

New in Emoji 13.0: Smiling Face With Tear #Emoji2020 https://t.co/4TEigZ6vbC pic.twitter.com/H4OiEdcu5k
— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

This captures an emotion we're not quite sure has a name yet.

New in Emoji 13.0: Man With Veil, with skin tone support #Emoji2020 https://t.co/PS1DyNHGwn pic.twitter.com/mpipd0E40S
— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

We didn't even know we wanted this emoji.