Every year, the Unicode Consortium decides on new emoji characters that will be coming to smartphones and other devices in the future, and this

The proposed emoji for 2025/2026 have been revealed. Take a look at the concepts for each new emoji coming next year.

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the same holds true with the Unicode 17 batch. There appear to be about nine uniquely new emojis proposed, including a hairy creature that resembles Big Foot, an apple core, a ballet dancer, an orca, a trombone, a rockslide, a treasure chest, and a slightly more abstract “fight cloud” symbol.

The Unicode Consortium has issued its latest collection of emoji you could be using on an iPhone in late 2025, including a distorted face, a "fight cloud," and an apple core.