In 2010, the unicode consortium approved of a new emoji called Pistol. And companies like Apple added it to their platforms. Most of them created realistic designs for the emoji, modeled after ...

Although emoji are standardized by an organization called the Unicode Consortium, each platform is free to implement its own image for each one. In 2016, Apple changed its depiction of the gun ...

The Unicode Consortium, which approves new emoji, also changed its official designation of the item to a “water pistol” around the same time.

When it comes to the gun emoji, Apple was the first platform to swap it for the water pistol back in 2016. It also lobbied the Unicode Consortium to reject a rifle emoji.

Emoji are universal insofar as they share common designations across platforms (U + 1F52B is the water pistol), which are decided by the Unicode Consortium. But it’s up to each platform owner to ...

However, the Unicode Consortium's decision is merely to set 'U+1F52B' as 'water gun,' and the platform will decide how the water gun emoji will be specifically designed.

Commentary Nervous System: The Great Emoji War Emojis are ubiquitous today, but they were once brand new communications territory. The differences in how they rendered on different operating ...

The company's new emoji in Windows and Microsoft 365 are now designed to be 3D rather than 2D and feel a bit more fluent. You can see some examples in the video below.

Apple’s emoji makeover is uncommon, but not unprecedented. In 2016, the company redesigned its gun emoji to be less realistic and more toylike; now it presents as a lime-green water pistol.

Unicode 12.0 is released in March 2019, adding 59 new emoji (230 if you include modifiers) to the ever growing emoji block, with this release emphasizing disabilities, gender neutral couples, and ...