An emoji showing a surprised emotion. (Photo : YouTube/ ShaneDawson)
Despite being among the most popular mobile platforms worldwide, Android has suffered from various flaws, and the blob-like emoji has been the most conspicuous among them. Sometimes, the emoji became absolutely impossible to make out creating lots of confusion when travelling from one platform to another.
However, the good news is that soon this will be a thing of the past, as Google is working to fix the problem, The Verge reported.
Now, Google will roll out a completely new series of emoji as a part of the Android N platform, an Android developer blog post said. The new emoji series will represent humans and appear more normal. Moreover, they will come in pleasing colors and in shapes akin to humans. Since the emoji will keep to what they ought to look like, it is expected that users will be able to recognize the images while sending as well as receiving them.
According to the blog post, in the Developer Preview of Android N released in March, Google not only fixed a number of bugs, but also introduced an assortment of new features, such as Multi-window, bundled notification and others. The preview also included Vulkan, launcher shortcuts, emoji Unicode 9 support, and new activity emoji.
The emoji Unicode 9 entails rolling out a brand new emoji design for "people emoji," which is a shift from the company's generic look and offer a more human-looking design. All keyboard and messaging app developers can begin to incorporate these emoji into their apps. In addition, the latest Android N also offers support for skin tone variants as well as Unicode 9 glyphs, similar to the bacon, selfie and face palm.
Together with introducing these new designs, Google is including the the aptitude to decide on the skin tone of the human emoji. Emoji, which were first included by Apple in its iOS in 2015, are a rage and in high demand.
Henceforth, any user employing the latest developer preview of Android N can also test the new emoji. Others, however, will possibly have to wait until Google's Android N enters a final or the public release of the platform, which is expected around October.
Watch the video on "How to get iOS emoji on Android" below:
