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New emojis coming to YOUR phone in 2021 include ‘heart on fire’ and ‘head in clouds’

OVER 200 new emojis will be heading your way in 2021.

They include 'heart on fire', 'head in the clouds' and 'woman with a beard' emojis that may prove popular.

There's three new 'smileys' and two new hearts
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There's three new 'smileys' and two new hearts
The head in the clouds emoji is one of the new offerings
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The head in the clouds emoji is one of the new offeringsCredit: Emojipedia

In total, 217 emojis have been approved and will be heading to devices throughout next year.

These include lots of new mixed skin tone options coming for couple emojis.

Compared to previous emoji updates from Unicode, this one is pretty minor because plans were pushed back due to Covid-19.

The Unicode Consortium's list is the central bank of approved emojis.

There will be 217 new emojis
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There will be 217 new emojisCredit: Emojipedia

Companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft then apply stylised versions of the designs to their own operating systems.

This is why it can take a while for the new emojis to appear on your phone after they've been announced.

The list is more limited than previous updates
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The list is more limited than previous updatesCredit: Emojipedia
The couple emojis will soon come with different skin tones
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The couple emojis will soon come with different skin tonesCredit: Emojipedia
There's more ways to express your emotions
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There's more ways to express your emotionsCredit: Emojipedia
All the emoji people can have a beard regardless of gender
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All the emoji people can have a beard regardless of genderCredit: Emojipedia

The release is being referred to as .

The main focus of it has been all the new couple options you can choose from, meaning couples could soon send an emoji that looks more like them.

There's only three new smiley face options and two different hearts.

The said: "Web apps may start seeing these updates in the coming weeks or months, while major OS updates are likely to be seen any time from January 2021 until potentially as late as October 2021.

"Technically there is no limitation on any vendor supporting these emojis immediately, should product timelines permit."

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