View Emoji
iOS 6 and above support the full Unicode emoji set of characters, as well as the backwards-compatible emoji from iOS 5 and earlier which were based on the proprietary format used in Japan. All native iOS apps can view emoji.
App | 10 | 9—6 | 5 |
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Safari | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Chrome | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
Snapchat | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Emoji Keyboard
iOS has supported emoji since iOS 4, but first became available as a keyboard option outside of Japan in iOS 5.
9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
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✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Instructions
- How to enable Emoji Keyboard on iPhone or iPod Touch
- How to enable Emoji Keyboard on iPad Air or iPad Mini
Other platforms
Sample Images
A sample of Emoji characters from iOS 8.0
Images via Emojipedia