The winner for the Most Popular New Emoji in 2024 was the head shaking horizontally (🙂‍↔️) followed by the head shaking ...

But in iOS 10, Apple was the first to update the emoji. From a real pistol, to a plastic water gun. Other companies like Google and Samsung followed suit, but why was this change made?

Mr Musk wrote, "Nerfing of the gun emoji matches the rise of the woke mind virus, as a core tenet is equating fake harm with real harm." Edited by: Anjali Thakur Feature Aug 21, 2024 17:00 pm IST ...

Others, including in the U.S., have been arrested after sending the gun emoji to others, while children have been arrested for perceived terroristic threats for sending similar missives.

Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green and orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week.

Originally, every firm showed the emoji as a firearm, except Microsoft, which designed it as a Buck Rogers-style ray gun. In 2016, however, Apple changed it from a firearm to a water pistol.

But down at the ranch, it’ll likely bring many a smile to a pensive cowboy’s face. A quick search did note the absence of a :snake_in_my_boot: emoji, however, which could be a safety issue ...

So, it's a super soaker, which is even more toy-like than the other squirt gun alternatives we've seen. You can see below how the Google pistol emoji has changed over the years—my personal ...

Facebook, Google and Microsoft announced in recent days that they will both swap out their handgun emoji for a water gun, following the lead of Apple, Twitter, Samsung and others.

Following the controversial status of guns in the U.S. and the general trend of the past few years, Google seems to be making the move to change the design of its revolver-style emoji into a toy ...