Users on Twitter/X have found that after six years, choosing the pistol emoji now shows an image of a gun instead of a water pistol.
Choosing the “Pistol” emoji on Twitter/X now again gets you a gun instead of a water pistol
Choosing the “Pistol” emoji on Twitter/X now again gets you a gun instead of a water pistol
The existence of any particular emoji is down to the Unicode Consortium and its annual decisions, rather than specific firms such as Apple, Google, or Twitter. Each company does its own graphic design representation, and today, X has demonstrated that by going against the industry’s recognized standards.
According to Emojipedia, Twitter/X has updated its emoji design for the word “pistol,” and made it into an image of a firearm.