Apple set to give its emoji an ethnic look
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Smiley emoji, sad emoji, hearts emoji, and now, for the first time, racially diverse emoji.
According to United States media reports, tech giant Apple is preparing to release non-white faces in its line-up of the cartoon faces used to liven up text and e-mail messages, news reports said.
In its next update of the icons, the faces will be available in six different skin tones, reports said.
CNN said on its website that these are just some of 300 new emojis included in the latest developer version of iOS 8.3. Though it added that the new icons won鈥檛 be available to the public until the update is released later in the year.
The task is not simple. The keyboard of illustrated icons is based on Unicode, the standard for text, numbers and emojis across all platforms.
Emoji originated in Japan and were added to the Unicode Standard in 2010, CNN said, and Apple first included them in iOS in 2011.
鈥淎pple supports and cares deeply about diversity, and is working with The Unicode Consortium to update the standard so that it better represents diversity for all of us,鈥 an Apple spokesperson was quoted as saying.
The Unicode Consortium sets international rules for text and characters to insure consistency across platforms.
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