Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10.

The World Emoji Day on July 17 marked the eleventh annual global celebration of the event. The subsequent day, July 18, marks the day X (Twitter) decided it was a good idea to revert the water gun ...

I know they mean well, but Apple replacing a gun emoji with a water pistol is pointless. And there's still a bomb emoji. — Mohammed A (@moseywosey) August 2, 2016.

In fall, when the new version of its operating system rolls out, what was previously a pistol emoji will be replaced by a green squirt gun. In its announcement about the new set of emojis , Apple ...

According to Emojipedia, a search engine for emojis, Google is rolling out an update to Android users to replace the handgun emoji with a water gun. Google could not be immediately reached for ...

An X employee tweeted about the change last week, noting that the gun emoji has returned to 'its rightful form' on the X website. It will happen on mobile 'soon,' says Elon Musk.

The squirt gun emoji change comes alongside “more than 100” other changes to Apple’s emoji, including more options for skin tones, more women in diverse professional roles, ...

When Apple users update to iOS 10, the pistol emoji will be gone, and in its place they’ll find a lime green water gun. Where there once was a deadly firearm, there's now a cartoon of one of the ...

Apple’s next iPhone and iPad operating system will no longer feature an emoji picture of a handgun. In its place will be an emoji of a green, plastic squirt gun.

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10.

Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10.