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Bigfoot, Orca, a Trombone, and five more new emoji are here with iOS 26.4 beta 4

The fourth developer beta of iOS 26.4 delivers eight new emoji characters, including a treasure chest, a distorted face, and more. Here’s what’s new.

Collection of colorful emojis: treasure chest, ballerina, jumping orca, trombone, exploding cloud, landslide, walking Bigfoot, and a wide-eyed blushing face centered on a white background
iOS 26.4 beta 4 offers several new emoji characters.

On Monday, a week after the release of iOS 26.4 developer beta 3, Apple unveiled the fourth developer-focused beta of iOS 26.4.

Among other changes, the beta iOS update introduces a new set of fun emoji characters, first previewed in July 2025 with Unicode 17.

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