What is the new pregnant man emoji?
APPLE users can look forward to a release of new emojis – including a pregnant man. So let’s take a look at the new emoji. What is the new pregnant man emoji? After being approved for release in September by the Unicode Consortium as part of Emoji 14.0, the pregnant man emoji has become one of […]
APPLE users can look forward to a release of new emojis – including a pregnant man.
So let’s take a look at the new emoji.
What is the new pregnant man emoji?
After being approved for release in September by the Unicode Consortium as part of Emoji 14.0, the pregnant man emoji has become one of the most talked about designs.
As Emojipedia explains, they can be used “for representation by trans men, non-binary people, or women with short hair.”
While the intent is to feature more inclusive designs for a diverse set of smartphone users, the Pregnant Man emoji has sparked debate online.
One Twitter user asked “How can you do an emoji of something that didn’t exist?”
to which another user replied with an emoji depicting a unicorn.
Many posts have criticised the Pregnant Man emoji, with some users attacking “the left” for the new design.
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But the emoji could also potentially be used to display a food baby, a very full stomach caused by eating a large meal.
Keith Broni from Emojipedia said: “since 2019, vendors have been making considerable efforts to offer all people emojis with three different gender variants – one “Man”, one “Woman”, and a non-gender-specifying “Person”‘.
“This latest Apple beta update continues this trend by adding two new gender neutral people emojis in the form of Person with Crown and Pregnant person, as well as adding a new Pregnant Man emoji.”
What other new emojis have Apple released?
Apple have released 37 new emojis.
iOS 15.4 includes seven brand new smiley emojis, including Melting Face, Dotted Line Face, Face Holding Back Tears and Face with Diagonal Mouth.
Other additions include a motorcycle tyre, a slide, a disco ball, a troll with a club, coral, kidney beans and a low battery.
The Unicode Consortium officially signed off candidates for the next emoji release, version 14.0, last September.
But companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft apply stylised their own versions of the designs to their own operating systems.
Apple’s were revealed by Emojipedia in a blog post published on Thursday January 27, the same day iOS 15.4 arrived in beta.