Why Apple’s latest emoji update isn’t diverse enough
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:43 am
Apple has committed to political activism this past year by introducing same-sex families and a palette of new skin tones in one of the most important phone updates in world history. The tech company is taking it one step further by taking a firm stance on gun control and gender roles with their latest iOS update coming out September or October.
The redesign ushers in single-parent families, male play boy bunny dancers, a toy plastic gun which replaces the so-2015 metal revolver, and females in occupations like construction workers, weightlifters and detectives just to name a few.
Some proponents of emoji gun control say the introduction of asia mobile number list a toy water gun emoji will lower overall emoji crime levels; opponents say that emoji criminals don’t follow rules and say they simply won’t update their phones and use the old gun emoji anyway. And while this inclusive list of emoji characters is blossoming, many critics are saying the update doesn’t go far enough.
“This exciting update brings more gender options to existing characters, including new female athletes and professionals, adds beautiful redesigns of popular emoji, a new rainbow flag and more family options,” Apple said last Monday. “Apple is working closely with Unicode Consortium to ensure that popular emoji characters reflect the diversity of people everywhere.”
The redesign ushers in single-parent families, male play boy bunny dancers, a toy plastic gun which replaces the so-2015 metal revolver, and females in occupations like construction workers, weightlifters and detectives just to name a few.
Some proponents of emoji gun control say the introduction of asia mobile number list a toy water gun emoji will lower overall emoji crime levels; opponents say that emoji criminals don’t follow rules and say they simply won’t update their phones and use the old gun emoji anyway. And while this inclusive list of emoji characters is blossoming, many critics are saying the update doesn’t go far enough.
“This exciting update brings more gender options to existing characters, including new female athletes and professionals, adds beautiful redesigns of popular emoji, a new rainbow flag and more family options,” Apple said last Monday. “Apple is working closely with Unicode Consortium to ensure that popular emoji characters reflect the diversity of people everywhere.”