Just recently [updated] my iOS," wrote u/NoPenalty444 in a thread about the new unnecessarily big and differently displayed emojis. U/Wofflo added, "It's pretty horrible. Bring back the old version.

With a wooden shaft, a red grip, and a silver spade, this shovel emoji is one of eight fresh drops in the iOS 18.4 emoji lineup. Literally speaking, we're all aware of what a shovel does: digging ...

Just recently [updated] my iOS," wrote u/NoPenalty444 in a thread about the new unnecessarily big and differently displayed emojis. U/Wofflo added, "It's pretty horrible. Bring back the old version.

Last night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull 💀 emoji followed by a crying emoji 😭. It was a strange response to a photo I sent earlier that day.

With iOS 26, Apple is now letting users combine multiple emojis to create new ones. The feature relies on Apple Intelligence, and uses the existing Genmoji feature to work.