Get ready iPhone users, these 8 new emojis are coming this week
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In summary:
- Macworld reports that iPhone users will receive 8 new emojis, including Ballet Dancer and Bigfoot, via the iOS 26.4 update expected this week.
- The Unicode Consortium governs emoji standards and releases new sets every year, while Apple designs custom emoji styles for mid-cycle iOS updates.
- Notably, the Apple Core emoji proposal was removed from the 2025 update, but users can still expect various new emoji options.
Ballet dancers, Bigfoot hunters, Fleetwood Mac fans and trombone players come to your iPhone. As previously announced to celebrate World Emoji Day last year, the Unicode Consortium’s new set of emojis is finally set to arrive this week as part of the iOS 26.4 update. Here is the list:
- Ballet dancer
- Distorted face
- Fight the cloud
- Hairy creature (Bigfoot)
- Landslide
- Orca
- Treasure Chest
- Trombone
The Apple Core emoji, initially proposed as part of the 2025 update, has been removed from the study.
Since Apple adopts its own style for new emojis, designing them takes some time and usually arrives in a mid-cycle iOS update. The previous set, announced in 2024, was also released as part of iOS 18.4 last March.
The Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit foundation that maintains the Unicode Standard, a set of standards used to ensure that text and emoji maintain their integrity across all platforms. Every year, Unicode releases a new set of emojis, based on submitted proposals. Anyone can submit an emoji proposal online, and Unicode also has an Adopt a Character program that helps fund the foundation.
The iOS 26.4 update reached Release Candidate status last week and is expected to arrive for all users this week.
