Also among the new emojis are a pride flag and family options for single parents according to CNNMoney.
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Earlier this year Apple and Microsoft successfully argued against the addition of a rifle emoji.
The statement said Apple worked with Unicode Consortium, the organisation that handles the character standard, on the update to ensure that emoji reflected the diversity of its users. Last fall, 150 new emojis were released, including the much desired taco and middle finger.
Not everyone is happy, though, about the new Apple water gun emoji, with some people complaining that political correctness is running amok.
Apple’s existing black and silver revolver emoji will be replaced by a far more benign-looking bright green water pistol with a white trigger, in September.
Ifyou can’t wait for the newest update released in just a few months you can download the public beta version now. Their goal was to pressure Apple to drop support for the emoji.
There was also the time a 12-year-old Virginia girl was charged with threatening her school in an Instagram post that used a gun, knife and bomb emoji. Apple has made a progressive announcement of launching over hundred new emojis that depict women in a stark contrast to conventional depictions.
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You’ll now be able to tell your friends that you’re spending the night watching American female Olympians crushing it at the track and field games in Rio by using only emojis. Apple puts a lot of thought and care in the new set of emoji characters as it focuses on diversity in families and gender plus the latest epidemic of gun violence.
