Why Unicode is approving fewer and fewer new emoji
Thirty-one emoji have made it to the final round. If approved by the Unicode Consortium, pictograms like a hand fan, a discombobulated face, a pair of maracas, and a knob of ginger will appear on our devices in September, adding to the 3,633 we already have.
Compared to the 112 last year, Emoji 15.0 is bound to be the smallest set of new emoji since Unicode began working with developers to standardize them on various platforms in 2015.
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