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Apple released iOS 26 in September, and while that update didn't come with new emoji, a future iOS 26 update will bring eight new emoji to your iPhone. The Unicode Consortium approved the emoji in September as part of Unicode 17.0. That means iPhones and Android devices will get new emoji soon, potentially in the next few weeks.
Here are the eight new emoji you can expect to see on your device:
- Orca
- Landslide
- Trombone
- Fight cloud
- Distorted face
- Ballet dancers
- Treasure chest
- Hairy creature (Sasquatch)
"These new emoji have long-standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive and contain multitudes of expression," the Unicode Consortium wrote online in July 2025. These emoji were proposed in November 2024, and an apple core emoji was also proposed at the time. But according to Emojipedia, the apple core emoji was withdrawn from consideration before Unicode could approve it.
The Unicode Consortium debuted new emoji in September 2024, including the face with bags under eyes and the splatter emoji. You can find those emoji now on your Android and iPhone devices, as well as across the internet.
Correction, July 18: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of emoji that had been approved for the Unicode 17.0 update. Unicode has since confirmed that eight emoji have been approved, including the Landslide emoji.
For more on emoji, here are other proposed emoji you might see on your device in the future and how to decipher every emoji.
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