Today, on World Emoji Day 2024, JoyPixels have released version 9.0 of their freemium emoji set. This new update contains support for Emoji 15.1, as well as a series of design changes including the majority of flag emojis.
All of the 118 new emojis featured in JoyPixels 9.0 were recommended in September 2023's Emoji 15.1 list.
These new emojis, shown above, can be categorized as follows:
- Six brand new emoji concepts:
- Four new non-gender-specifying family emojis:
- 108 new direction-specifying variations of six different previous-available people emojis:
As well as these new emojis, JoyPixels 9.0 redesigns roughly 500 emojis, including a format change for all national flag emojis and most symbol emojis.
🆙 Changed
The 🤖 Robot is now more rounded with yellow eyes, red earpieces, and a single central antenna.
The 🕵️ Detective is now wearing sunglasses and a lighter-colored trenchcoat.
The 🧙 Mage now wear a neutral expression as well as a starless purple hat and robes.
🩻 X-Ray now focuses on the person's torso instead of their skull.
🦠 Microbe now resembles a bacteria instead of a virus, mirroring all other major vendors bar Apple.
🥫 Canned Food has lost the JoyPixel's logo in favor of a tomato on its label, now matching most major vendors' designs.
⏲️ Timer Clock has a new rounded design that is more in line with other vendors' designs.
🗾 Map of Japan now has a blue background representing the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
The 🏳️🌈 Rainbow Flag is now shown with a curved rectangular shape.
This curved rectangular flag format has also been applied to all of the national flag emojis in JoyPixels 9.0, as illustrated by the 🇺🇸 United States flag shown below.
Additionally, various symbol emojis have had their shape outline brought in line with the block color design used by most vendors.
The 🆕 New Button no longer has a 💥Collision-like background shape,
The ☮️ Peace Symbol is now against a purple block background.
📶 Release
JoyPixels 9.0 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 9.0 release announcement and related licensing details on the JoyPixels website.
Happy World Emoji Day 2024! 📅🥳