Published March 10, 2026, 1:02 p.m. EDT
Emojis are part of Apple’s iOS 26.4 update AppleiPhone Users will be able to add new emojis to their conversations when the latest iOS update rolls out.
iOS 26.4 beta 4 was released to developers on Monday, according to 9to5Mac, and is expected to be available to the public later this month.
The new emojis were approved by the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization for the internationalization of software and services.
A person types an emoji on an Apple iPhone. (Philip Dulian/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
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The organization maintains a character encoding standard, Unicode, which it says is “integrated into every major operating system and used on more than 20 billion devices worldwide.”
The latest emojis are part of the Unicode17 standard, and will also be added to Android, Windows, social media apps and more, although the design and release dates will differ.
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New emojis included in the iOS 26.4 Update are:
– Ballet dancers
– Hairy creature (Bigfoot/Sasquatch)
– Distorted face
– Fight the cloud
Apple employees help customers at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue on the day of a new product launch, September 19, 2025 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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– Landslide
– Orca
– Treasure chest
– Trombone
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The update also adds 150 new skin tones for some existing icons.