Today, on World Emoji Day 2022, JoyPixels have released version 7.0 of their freemium emoji set. The update includes emojis such as ๐ซ Melting Face, ๐ซก Saluting Face, and ๐ซถ Heart Hands, as well as the considerable number of design changes that has come be expected of major JoyPixels update.
All of the 112 new emojis included in JoyPixels 7.0 are drawn from September 2021's Emoji 14.0 recommendations.
Additionally, nearly 2,000 emoji designs have been revised in this update - including 1,600 people emoji design revisions (including skin tone modifier options).
๐ New
JoyPixels 7.0 introduces seven new smileys - the largest number since the vendor's June 2017 3.1 update, which was released under their previous "EmojiOne" brand name. These include the aforementioned ๐ซ Melting Face and ๐ซก Saluting Face.
- ๐ซ Melting Face
- ๐ซข Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth
- ๐ซฃ Face with Peeking Eye
- ๐ซก Saluting Face
- ๐ซฅ Dotted Line Face
- ๐ซค Face with Diagonal Mouth
- ๐ฅน Face Holding Back Tears
This update also debuts seven completely new hand gesture emojis, such as ๐ซฐ Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed and ๐ซต Index Pointing at the Viewer, and ๐ซถ Heart Hands.
- ๐ซฑ Rightwards Hand
- ๐ซฒ Leftwards Hand
- ๐ซณ Palm Down Hand
- ๐ซด Palm Up Hand
- ๐ซฐ Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed
- ๐ซต Index Pointing at the Viewer
- ๐ซถ Heart Hands
Additionally, JoyPixels 7.0 includes 25 versions of the ๐ค Handshake emoji, with 20 displaying hands with two different skin tones.
- ๐ซฑ๐ปโ๐ซฒ๐ผ Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ปโ๐ซฒ๐ฝ Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ปโ๐ซฒ๐พ Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ปโ๐ซฒ๐ฟ Handshake: Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ผโ๐ซฒ๐ป Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ผโ๐ซฒ๐ฝ Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ผโ๐ซฒ๐พ Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ผโ๐ซฒ๐ฟ Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐ป Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐ผ Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐พ Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐ฟ Handshake: Medium Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐พโ๐ซฒ๐ป Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐พโ๐ซฒ๐ผ Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐พโ๐ซฒ๐ฝ Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐พโ๐ซฒ๐ฟ Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฟโ๐ซฒ๐ป Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฟโ๐ซฒ๐ผ Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฟโ๐ซฒ๐ฝ Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
- ๐ซฑ๐ฟโ๐ซฒ๐พ Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ค๐ป Handshake: Light Skin Tone
- ๐ค๐ผ Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone
- ๐ค๐ฝ Handshake: Medium Skin Tone
- ๐ค๐พ Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
- ๐ค๐ฟ Handshake: Dark Skin Tone
Under their previous moniker EmojiOne, JoyPixels previously supported single skin tone versions of the ๐ค Handshake emoji (e.g. ๐ค๐พ Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone) in their 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 updates.
These were discontinued from their 3.0 update onwards, but have returned with a brand new design in JoyPixels 7.0.
The remaining new emojis in this update include two new gender-neutral person emoji, ๐ซ Person with Crown and ๐ซ Pregnant Person, plus a third person emoji in the form of ๐ซ Pregnant Man.
Like the new hand gestures, these three new people emojis support skin tone modifiers.
There are also a handful of new additions across the ๐ป Animals & Nature, ๐ Food & Drink, ๐ก Objects, and ๐ฃ Symbols emoji categories.
- ๐ซฆ Biting Lip
- ๐ง Troll
- ๐ชธ Coral
- ๐ชท Lotus
- ๐ชน Empty Nest
- ๐ชบ Nest with Eggs
- ๐ซ Beans
- ๐ซ Pouring Liquid
- ๐ซ Jar
- ๐ Playground Slide
- ๐ Wheel
- ๐ Ring Buoy
- ๐ชฌ Hamsa
- ๐ชฉ Mirror Ball
- ๐ชซ Low Battery
- ๐ฉผ Crutch
- ๐ฉป X-Ray
- ๐ซง Bubbles
- ๐ชช Identification Card
- ๐ฐ Heavy Equals Sign
๐ Changed
As has come to be expected in major JoyPixels emoji updates, a large number of existing emojis have had their designs revised.
As mentioned above, the majority of these changes are within the people category: almost all people emojis have had their hair designs changed at least subtly.
Notably, almost all of the people emojis without a skin tone modifier no longer have brown hair by default - instead, they now have a yellowish hair color, akin to how many other emoji vendors depict these emojis' hair. ๐ง Person is shown as an example below.
Exceptions include the likes of the color-specifying ๐งโ๐ฆฐ Person: Red Hair and ๐ฑ Person: Blond Hair, and the ๐ง Older Person, who retains their grey hair but is now also wearing glasses.
Additionally, all the different people gesturing and profession emojis now display more of the individual's torso, often with some additional pose or feature.
๐งโ๐ Student is now giving a ๐ Thumbs Up.
๐งโ๐พ Farmer is now holding a basket full of ๐ฅ Carrots and ๐ฅ Potatoes instead of a pitchfork.
Many non-color-specific hearts such as ๐ Two Hearts are now bubblegum pink instead of red.
This is also the case for ๐ Heart with Arrow, ๐ Growing Heart, ๐ Sparkling Heart, ๐ Beating Heart, and ๐ Revolving Hearts.
The ๐ Heart Decoration now has a block purple background color, as per most other vendors.
๐๏ธ Person Lifting Weights now has their eyes closed.
๐ฃ Person Rowing Boat is now within a body of water.
๐ง Zombie now has some ๐ง Brains on display.
๐ Chart Increasing now shows its upward-trending line in red, as per other vendors. Learn why this line is red.
๐ Card Index now shows a ๐งโ๐ผ Office Worker instead of a ๐ฉโโ๏ธ Woman Health Worker.
โพ๏ธ Infinity now has a block purple background, akin to Google's current design.
See all the other changes within JoyPixels 7.0.
๐ถ Release
JoyPixels 7.0 is available now. Like previous JoyPixels updates, it is available on a freemium basis, with licensing required for some but not all usage types.
Read more about the 7.0 release announcement and related licensing details on the JoyPixels website.