The Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit devoted to developing, maintaining and promoting software standards and data, and it also releases new emoji once a year. And on July 17, also known as World Emoji Day, Unicode announced that the newest emoji will debut this September as part of Unicode 17.0.

Instagram recently introduced an emoji game in the style of Pong that you can access through your DMs. This secret game is available only on the app, so you need a compatible smartphone to try it ...

There is a secret game hidden inside the Instagram app that uses your favorite emojis. It's been around for a while but many users are only just discovering it

Apple is bundling its News+ subscriptions with a new game that users will be able to access when they get iOS 26.

While Instagram's secret emoji game isn't new, several amazed Instagram users have only just discovered it, with one asking: 'Is this a thing? Am I dying?'

While Instagram's secret emoji game isn't new, several amazed Instagram users have only just discovered it, with one asking: 'Is this a thing? Am I dying?'