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Pickle, lighthouse, and meteor among 19 new emoji previewed for 2026

We’re expecting the pickle to be the stand-out favorite when the new crop of 19 emoji arrive on the iPhone.

Grid of emojis on green gradient: suspicious face, two thumbs pointing inward, butterfly, cucumber, lighthouse, flaming meteor, pink eraser, and blue-handled net
A selection of the new emoji coming in 2026 – Image: Emojipedia/AppleInsider

The new emoji, published by the Unicode Consortium and shared by Emojipedia, are currently only in draft, so they won’t be made official for a while yet. It’s likely the draft list will be finalized in September 2026, with Apple adding the emoji in a future software update.

Among the 19 emoji are a green pickle that is sure to prove popular, as well as a meteor burning up as it breaks through the atmosphere. Dinosaurs the world over will want to give that one a wide berth.

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