Unicode has revealed details of the new draft it has proposed for Emoji 4.0. The updates for Emoji 4.0 includes gendered emoji support, new professional emojis, additional support for skin tones, new flags and emoji upgrade to non emoji characters.
In case of gendered emojis the update will get a desk man, guardswoman, female runner, female police officer, and men with bunny ears. iOS 10 beta releases already comprise of these new gendered emojis.
Google and Apple had suggested new professions to be considered for Emoji 4.0. Unicode has announced that 16 new professions are being proposed for the 4.0 update which include Health Worker, Judge Pilot, Farmer, Cook, Student, Singer, Artist, Teacher, Factorry Worker, Technologist, Office Worker, Mechanic, Scientist, Astronaut, Firefighter
Also proposed for the update is the Rainbow flag along with female, male and the Staff of Aesculapius signs. Finally skin tone modification support is being added for 10 types of emojis including Woman With Bunny Ears, Man and Woman Holding Hands, Two Women Holding Hands, Two Men Holding Hands, Wrestlers, Snowboarder, Golfer, Sleeping Accommodation, Man in Business Suit Levitating and Family.
The review period for Emoji 4.0 ends on October 24th. Emoji 4.0 will be released this coming November. Google has released new emojis for Android 7.0 Nougat which includes new skin tones, face palm, selfies and more.