apple's new emoji pack includes kangaroos, skateboards, and bagels

more than 70 new emoji — including a kangaroo, a skateboard, and a bagel — are coming to apple’s iPhone, iPad, watch, and mac. in addition, new characters with red, gray, and curly hair, as well as an emoji for bald people will be included. the collection also features more emotive smiley faces and additional icons representing animals, sports, and food. the new emoji are now available in developer and public beta previews of iOS 12.1, and will be available in upcoming software updates for iOS, macOS, and watchOS.

there are new emoji for the red gift envelope and moon cake

apple’s latest emoji release brings even more characters to the keyboard that better represent global users, including new emoji for moon cake, red gift envelope, and nazar amulet. sports fans can celebrate the addition of new emoji for softball, frisbee, and lacrosse, while outdoor adventurers will enjoy new characters for luggage, compass, and a hiking boot to accompany the existing climbing emoji.

kangaroos join lobsters as part of the iOS 12.1 update

emoji representations of the llama, mosquito, swan, and raccoon, join the kangaroo, lobster, parrot, and peacock previewed on world emoji day, while bagel and salt join new food emoji for cupcake, leafy greens, and mango. new characters are created based on the approved characters in unicode 11.0. as previously reported, apple is working with the unicode consortium to add more disability-themed emoji to the keyboard for unicode 12.0, slated for release in 2019.

lacrosse and skateboard emoji are now featured

the nazar amulet is among the new emoji

new animals include llama, mosquito, raccoon, and swan

food items, like salt, bagel, and cupcake, are part of the latest update