Emojis are widely used form of expression all around the world. Any messaging app is incomplete without a various sets of emojis.
Emojis are basically graphical representation of ideas, emotions, facial expressions, objects, places, symbols and many more genres in general.
Given that emojis are constantly used while texting, the popular messaging app WhatsApp is trying to provide Android users with some more emojis to make texting a better experience.
The latest WhatsApp beta version 2.17.44 houses a lot of new emojis that were unveiled first on iOS 10.2 and Android 7.1 Nougat, after getting approval from the Unicode Committee in 2016.
These new emojis are found in Unicode 9.0 and Emoji 4.0 and will now be available on WhatsApp even if the user is not on Android 7.1 Nougat.
New Emojis Promote Gender Equality
In 2016, Google submitted a proposal to the Unicode emoji committee for the addition of 13 new female professions to promote gender equality all over the world. At the time, women-centric emojis only depicted them in traditional roles of dancer, queen, getting a haircut, putting on nail polish.
Out of the 13, 11 emojis were approved - along with extra 5 emojis - by the committee to be incorporated in Android 7.1 Nougat. These new emojis will now be available on WhatsApp regardless of the fact that the user has Android 7.1 Nougat.
The best part about these professional emojis are that they incorporate both the genders along with various skin tones to give it a universal look.
What Are The New Emojis?
The 11 emojis in Google's proposal that were approved by the committee are:
Doctor, health worker
Student, graduate
Teacher
Farmer
Cook, chef
Mechanic, repair
Factory worker
Business, office worker
Scientist
Technologist, software engineer
Singer, rockstar
Other than these 11, 5 more emojis that were not in Google's original proposal were approved and added to the list. The five emojis are:
Judge
Painter
Pilot
Astronaut
Fire fighter
In addition to these emojis WhatsApp will also be offering the below emojis to its users:
A clown
An avocado
A girl and a boy doing facepalm
A shrug
Butterfly
Bacon
A nauseated face
A dancing boy
A whiskey glass
How to Get The Update Sooner?
Patience is a virtue but if you lack it and want this update on your phone soon then there is a trick that you may use.
Rather than waiting for the stable version to trickle into your phone in its own sweet time, one can go the Android app for WhatsApp in Google Play Store and just scroll down to the part which says "Become a beta tester".
Join the program to receive the latest beta version of WhatsApp within a few minutes. Install the update and enjoy the new emojis to the fullest.
