If The Shoe 1 or Apple’s running shoe emoji looks familiar to you, that’s because the emoji was inspired by the classic New Balance 574, which was often worn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Last fall, Molly Huddle, who in July won the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, tweeted about the need for a female runner emoji and got a positive response.

Apple’s running shoe emoji has stepped out of the digital world and into reality, thanks to artist and designer Jose Wong’s new sneaker, the Shoe 1, The Verge is reporting. Released through Wong’s ...

Apple’s iOS 10 was released on Sept. 13 which brings to fruition American Molly Huddle’s campaign for the inclusion of a female runner emoji. Only a male runner was available before Tuesday ...

Apple’s running shoe emoji is based on a famous New Balance design An artist has turned this emoji into a real pair of sneakers You can buy them from the artist’s website for $219 ...

That’s why I’m psyched to find out that along with Apple’s iOS 10 update available for iPhone comes exactly what I and other women have been waiting for: a female runner emoji! The female ...

Donahue said the most popular runmoji so far is the female runner. It is a more realistic approach to the girl running emoji recently released on the iPhone’s iOS 10 update.

And if the Shoe 1, and Apple’s running shoe emoji, feel oddly familiar, it’s because their designs are similar to the silhouette of the New Balance 574 sneake r that was first introduced in 1988.