Those who have updated their iPhones to iOS 8.3 have already seen the future: Among the many updates out today is a redesigned emoji keyboard with new and improved (and “
But be careful! If you text these new emoji to a poor soul who hasn’t updated to 8.3 (or heaven forbid, someone without an iPhone at all!) they will get a garbled mess filled with face placeholders and poor translations. On the right is what I texted and on the left is what a non-8.3 phone received. Don’t make the same mistake I did, texting people who don’t have iPhones.
Although I have to say it is very strange contemplating exactly what shade of skin to “colour” someone, the good news is, now we can text things we’ve never been able to text before.