Sloth, Skunk, & 228 More New Emoji Coming To Smartphones In 2019

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BOSTON (CBS) - Emoji users rejoice! There will be 230 new emoji coming to smartphones later this year. The announcement was made this week by The Unicode Consortium.

Fifty-nine of the emoji are new, unique designs and 171 account for gender and skin tone variations.

The new emoji include a yawning face, sloth, orangutan, skunk, waffle, falafel, juice box, ballet shoe, banjo and yo-yo.

There is a series of emoji addressing disabilities, including two wheelchairs, prosthetics, a guide dog, hearing aid and person using sign language.

The new emoji include couples holding hands, in dozens of skin tone and gender combinations.

First Look: All 230 New Emojis for 2019 by Emojipedia on YouTube

Emoji approved early in the year typically start appearing on phones in September and October. One hundred and fifty-eight new emoji were introduced in 2018, including a lobster, llama and lacrosse stick.