Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Emoji Kitchen TL;DR Gboard’s redesigned Emoji Kitchen is now available widely. The redesign makes it easier to access an extensive list of emoji combos. Tapping on a combination will show you what emojis were used. In December 2024, Google rolled out a redesign for Emoji Kitchen as part of the … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A bug in the latest Google Messages beta automatically prompts emoji reactions in chats where the last received message is an image. The issue apparently appears only in the recent v20250406 beta version and not in older stable releases. You can avoid the problem by downgrading to a stable … Read more
Apple rolled out its iOS 18.4 update last week with a ton of new features and support for Apple Intelligence (read AI) features in India along with other countries. However, one update that kind of went under the radar is the rollout of 8 new emojis by the Cupertino based tech giant, one of which … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Screen Effects add some big screen-filling animations to your Google Messages chats. So far, Screen Effects have been activated by using specific text trigger phrases. Messages now appears to respond similarly when you send pairs of certain emoji. Whether you’ve meant to or not, anyone using Google Messages for … Read more
Researcher finds a way to add invisible text to emojis It probably can’t be used for malware…probably It could be used for watermarking or bypassing human moderation A security researcher claims to have discovered a way to hide extra information inside emoji. Paul Butler explained how he experimented with Unicode and came up with a … Read more
Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights recent product improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. What’s new Drag and drop attachments in Beacon Let the GIF sharing begin! Sending attachments through Beacon’s contact form and chat is now only a drag and drop away. 🤩 Emoji … Read more
Ryan Haines / Android Authority I never thought I’d be an emoji person (a fan of emojis, not literally a human turned into an emoji). And, for a long time, I wasn’t one. I ignored them in favor of reaction gifs until I started working here at Android Authority, where I was introduced to Slack … Read more
Telegram has launched its first major update of 2025, introducing a range of new features, including collectible gifts, enhanced message search capabilities, and an in-app QR code scanner. Here are the new features that the instant messaging platform has announced: Collectible GiftsTelegram users can now upgrade received gifts into collectibles. These digital items come with … Read more
Wanting to use the latest versions of Compose, but your app compileSdk is falling behind? I’ve been there! If you have a compileSdk 1.5.0 you’ll come across a horrid build error. Let’s fix that! The error is question is this: An issue was found when checking AAR metadata: 1. Dependency ‘androidx.emoji2:emoji2:X.X.X’ requires libraries and applications … Read more
One of the biggest pain points of texting between iOS and Android may finally be over. Even after Apple allowed the RCS protocol in messages between iOS to Android, users still experienced the dreaded 🤮 translating to “this sucks’” when they posted an emoji react. Now, we can all emoji react to our hearts’ content, … Read more