Emoji Blog
Guides to emoji meanings, Gen Z slang, skin tones and keyboard shortcuts for typing emojis on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.
- 🍳Emoji Kitchen: How to Use Google’s Emoji MashupsEmoji Kitchen blends two emojis into one sticker, like a crying avocado or a ghost with heart eyes. Here is how it works in Gboard and Google Search, why some pairs never work, and how to build combos you can paste as text.
- 🤔Emoji Meanings: What Popular Emojis Really MeanFrom the slightly smiling face to the purple heart, here is what the most-used emojis usually mean, where the official name and real-world use part ways, and how to avoid sending the wrong signal.
- 👋Emoji Skin Tones ExplainedWhere emoji skin tones come from, why the default is yellow, how to choose a tone on every major device, and how couples and handshakes can mix two different tones.
- 💀Gen Z Emoji Meanings: How Young People Really Use EmojisSkulls for laughing, a thumbs up that feels cold and a stone head for deadpan humor. Here is how younger users have reshaped emoji meanings, and why usage still varies.
- 📧How to Insert Emoji in Outlook, Word and GmailEmojis are easy to add to emails and documents once you know where to look. Here is how to insert them in Outlook, Word and Gmail, put them in subject lines, and get color emojis instead of black-and-white ones.
- 🍎How to Type Emojis on a Mac: Shortcuts and TipsEvery Mac has a built-in emoji picker one shortcut away. Learn Control + Command + Space, set up the Globe key, save favorites in Character Viewer and create your own emoji text shortcuts.
- ⌨️How to Type Emojis on Windows 10 and 11Windows has a built-in emoji picker hiding behind a two-key shortcut. Here is how to open it, search it, use its kaomoji and symbol tabs, and what to do when flags turn into letters.
- 📱iPhone Emojis on Android: What Actually WorksLots of Android users want the iPhone emoji look. Here is why Android shows different designs, what your options really are, which shortcuts can put your phone at risk, and how your emojis appear to iPhone users.