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The Unicode Consortium announced on April 8 local time that it will delay the release of Unicode Standard version 14.0 by six months. This will delay the appearance of the new emoji Emoji 14.0 included in the standard.
Impact of new coronavirus
The release date for Unicode 14.0 was originally scheduled for March 2021, but has been postponed to September. The Unicode Consortium explains why the new coronavirus has prevented its schedule from progressing, as many of its activities are supported by volunteers, and explains the reasons for the delay.
Accordingly, the release of Emoji 14.0, which is included in Unicode 14.0, will be postponed. The deadline for submitting emoji plans to be included in Emoji 14.0 has been extended from June 15, 2020 to September 1, 2020. As a result, the time when Emoji 14.0 will be available on smartphones will be carried over to 2022.
However, the list was released in January 2020 and Emoji 13.0 announced in March is not affected. On the iPhone, Emoji 13.0 is expected to be available on iOS14, announced at WWDC 2020 in June and expected to be released in the fall.
Consider Emoji 13.1 release as a bridge
The Unicode Consortium is considering a release of Emoji 13.1 instead of postponing the release of Emoji 14.0. For example, instead of adding a completely new emoji, Emoji 13.1 combines existing emojis with some variations, such as the emoji 13.0 black cat emoji made by combining a cat emoji with a large black square emoji. Is to be added.
The consortium plans to release Emoji 13.1 in the fall of 2021, when companies announce new smartphones.
Source: Unicode via MacRumors
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