Last year, the Unicode Consortium previewed some of the new emoji that are expected to be added to the iPhone with iOS 26.4 in March or April.
Here are nine of the new emoji:
Trombone
Treasure Chest
Distorted Face
Hairy Creature (aka Bigfoot or Sasquatch)
Fight Cloud
Apple Core
Orca
Ballet Dancers
Landslide
Notably, Distorted Face is a popular emoji in Discord servers. It is essentially a distorted version of the embarassed face emoji.
Apple most recently added new emoji to the iPhone with iOS 18.4, an update that came out in March last year. iOS 17.4, iOS 16.4, and iOS 15.4 also introduced new emoji over the years, so the timing has become predictable by this point.
On the iPhone 15 Pro and newer, there is an Apple Intelligence feature called Genmoji that allows you to create your own emoji, or combine existing ones.
The new emoji listed above would be added directly to the iPhone's emoji keyboard.
Tuesday September 8, 2026 10:47 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple today released iOS 26.6.2 with a fix for "an issue that prevents downloading a software update over a cellular connection."
The minor software update is rolling out now for the iPhone 11 series and newer. To update your iPhone, open the Settings app and tap on General → Software Update. It might take a few minutes for the update to be visible to everyone.
iOS 26.6.2 arrives...
Monday August 17, 2026 10:52 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple today released iOS 26.6.1, iPadOS 26.6.1, visionOS 26.6.1, and macOS 26.6.2, with all of the updates containing security fixes.
Apple also released iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10 with security fixes.
All of the iOS and iPadOS updates released today deliver security fixes that were first made available in the iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 betas, according to an Apple support document, which...
Monday August 17, 2026 12:11 pm PDT by Juli Clover
The iOS 26.6.1, iPadOS 26.6.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 updates Apple released today fix almost 30 security vulnerabilities, according to Apple's security support document. This is Apple's third security release in three weeks as AI surfaces bugs faster than the company's typical release schedule can absorb.
Apple says the software includes security fixes that were previously added to the iOS...
I’ve tried looking for the Hairy Creature (aka Bigfoot or Sasquatch) emoji but I can’t find it anywhere. I’m beginning to think it’s a hoax, but I keep reading more reports that it is a real emoji.
I’m still not convinced it isn’t just a person emoji wearing a suit emoji.
