Apple has shown its new emoji collection for 2019 for the first time, in celebration of World Emoji Day.
Approved earlier this year by the Unicode Consortium, the 2019 updates include a number of popular additions such as a flamingo, waffle, and sari.
In keeping with the focus on greater human representation within the emoji set, this year also sees people in wheelchairs, with a cane, or hearing aid as part of the mix. Originally proposed by Apple in 2018, these were approved by Unicode in March of 2019.
Lastly, the option to change the skin tones for the people holding hands (👫 👬 👭 ) will be a welcome update for those not well represented by the default-yellow option.
