Apple has chucked us a bone to coincide with the release of the iPhone X, rolling out iOS 11.1, which is supposed to fix a bunch of boring useful shit like bugs and security stuff and blah blah, who cares, THERE’S A SHITLOAD OF NEW EMOJIS!
It’s a mystical, magical, maternal expansion pack we’ve been gifted with, featuring zombies, wizards, genies, fairies, vampires, mermaids, and a breastfeeding woman (!), among sensible updates like an orange heart (finally), a hedgehog, a cool blue dinosaur, and… a curling stone?
…Okay.
If you haven’t had “download yet another iOS update” at the top of your list of things to do this weekend, let this news be your impetus. Just imagine the realms of expression these new tiny pictures will open for you!
Are you more of a merman or a gem-clutching wizard? Does the monocle smiley or the genderless old person express your inner self best? Cast that cry-laughing face by the wayside friends: it’s a whole new world for us now.
