Gayes, if you've been longing to send your boo an emoji of you getting pregnant after a session then the wait is over! Apple released iOS 15.4, the latest version of iPhone's operating system, on Monday (Mar. 14) giving iPhone users 37 new emojis, a gender-neutral voice option for Siri, and the ability to unlock with Face ID while wearing a mask (iPhone 12 or newer).
The updated emoji library includes a pregnant man, a motorcycle tyre, a slide, a disco ball, a troll with a club, coral, kidney beans, two hands forming the shape of a heart, a saluting face and numerous multiracial handshakes. See below for full list of Apple's new emojis.
Apple revealed the list of their new emojis near the end of January earlier this year. In total, this update has added 123 new emoji designs to Apple's emoji keyboard, including all 112 emojis that were approved as part of late 2021's Emoji 14.0., according to Emojipedia.
View the Full List of Apple's New EMojis Below: (Courtesy of Emojipedia)
1. Melting face
2. Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
3. Face with eye peeking from behind hands
4. Saluting half face
5. Dotted line face
6. Face with diagonal mouth
7. Face holding back tears
8. Rightward hand
9. Leftward hand
10. Palm down hand
11. Palm up hand
12. Hand with index finger and thumb crossed
13. Index finger pointing at the viewer
14. Heart hands
15. Biting lip
16. Person with crown
17. Pregnant man
18. Pregnant person
19. Troll
20. Coral
21. Lotus
22. Empty nest
23. Nest with eggs
24. Beans
13. Index finger pointing at the viewer
14. Heart hands
15. Biting lip
16. Person with crown
17. Pregnant man
18. Pregnant person
19. Troll
20. Coral
21. Lotus
22. Empty nest
23. Nest with eggs
24. Beans
25. Liquid pouring out of a glass
26. Mason jar
27. Playground slide
28. Wheel
29. Ring buoy
30. Hamsa (the hand with the eye, a Middle Eastern amulet)
31. Disco mirror ball
32. Low battery
33. Crutch
34. X-ray
35. Bubbles
36. Identification card
37. Heavy equals sign
38. Multiracial handshakes (technically not new, just new color options for the existing handshake)
The iOS 15.4 update also gives iPhone users the option to switch to a gender-neutral virtual assistant called Quinn. Users can select "Voice 5" in their settings menu to hear a voice-activated helper that sounds less explicitly male- or female-sounding than the previous two two options to choose from.
Apple is currently pushing for more insluvity and has stated that the new voice was recorded by someone who is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.
“We’re excited to introduce a new Siri voice for English speakers, giving users more options to choose a voice that speaks to them. Millions of people around the world rely on Siri every day to help get things done, so we work to make the experience feel as personalized as possible," Apple said.
"The new Siri voice leverages Neural Text to Speech technology for an incredibly natural sound."
Gayes, if you would like to access the new emojis and the new Siri voice option, you first need to download the new version of iOS by heading to Settings > General > Software update .You can change Siri's voice via Settings > Siri and Search > Siri Voice.