In their latest iOS 17.4 update, Apple removed the family emoji that’ve been around for over a decade. Replacing them with these simplistic icons that many find unappealing. So why did Apple do this?

All you need to do is swipe down from the top-right of your iPhone and press and hold down on the new power button in the top ...

Please also consider subscribing to WIRED For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to ... It launched with iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, but Genmoji specifically launched in iOS 18.2 ...

This is especially true for the emoji we use to express love … or is it passion? Heartbreak, maybe? Truth is, there’s a surprising range of heart emoji meanings. To get the scoop, we spoke ...

iOS 18.4 might not be landing until April, but testers could get an early taste of its AI-packed flavour much sooner. Apple is set to drop the first beta for the upcoming iPhone update between mid ...

iOS 15.4, iOS 16.4, and iOS 17.4 all introduced new emoji, so there is a good chance that trend will continue with iOS 18.4. Last year, the Unicode Consortium previewed the new emoji that should ...

Since iOS 18 was released in September 2024, Apple has introduced an unprecedented number of new features and improvements ...

at least three notable new features in iOS 18.3 also deserve attention. One of the most exciting is the ability to create personalized Genmojis directly from the emoji menu using a new “+” button.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the next release, called iOS 18.3, when it’s coming ... so it’s easier to create your own personalized emoji. Apple likes to release its software ...

Today Apple pushed out the release candidate for iOS 18.3, this comes on the heels of last Thursday’s release of iOS 18.3 developer beta 3. In its release notes, Apple states that the update ...

Up until now, Apple Intelligence has been an opt-in set of features for users. When installing iOS 18.1 or 18.2, users would be asked if they wanted to enable the AI upgrades, and only after ...