31 NEW emoji coming to iPhone and Android – but can you tell what they all are?

MORE than 30 new emoji will be coming to a smartphone near you very soon.

The fresh arrivals range from a shaking head and a high five, to a hair pick and even maracas.

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20 new icons were approved by the Unicode Consortium, a special group in charge of emoji.

Factoring in different skin tones, as well as left and right hand gestures, the total comes in at 31.

A goose, hyacinth, black bird and a flute also make the list.

Unicode 15.0, as it’s formally known, includes various characters not just emoji.

Apple, Samsung and other tech companies will need time to introduce them to their systems.

So they’re not expected to arrive on smartphones until sometime next year for most, according to Emojipedia.

However, Google hasn’t waited around, deciding to release its designs straight away.

The firm has said all are coming to Android “soon”.

But anyone wanting to use them right away can download the latest batch now.

Others like Apple, Samsung, Facebook and Twitter are not expected to begin supporting the new emoji until next year.

In similar news, Google has also announced new animated emoji.

Some 180 familiar emoji take on a whole new dimension, available within the Messages by Google app.

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