As the go-to digital keyboard for Android, Gboard often sees a big change. The latest such update is more expressive hand gesture emoji on Gboard. Google’s approach to emojis has been more fun than ...

Dan was a writer on CNET's How-To and Thought Leadership teams. His byline has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, NBC News, Architectural Digest and elsewhere. He is a crossword junkie and is ...

Steve Sue, Ryan Ozawa, and Yiying Lu. Reference art for a proposed "shaka" emoji, designed by veteran emoji designer Yiying Lu. A comparison between the existing "Call Me" emoji and the proposed ...

Brian Bennett is a former senior writer for the home and outdoor section at CNET. Other notable emoji include pictograms for pregnant people, a saluting face and numerous multiracial handshakes. See ...

Even if you’re not a regular texter, you’re definitely familiar with emoji (that’s right, the plural is the same as the singular): they appear in advertising, in captions, and in videos. In 2015, ...