While it doesn’t appear to be part of Android 12’s design overhaul, Google is still updating the emoji picker in the Android Messages app. There are a few versions of this new sticker/emoji/gif ...

If you can't see Audio Emoji on the app yet, it should launch for all users in the coming weeks, according to 9to5google. Google tends to have its Phone by Google app pre-installed on its own ...

The chat app is now picking up animated emoji, albeit with some restrictions. Sending standard emoji is already possible in Messages. But the inclusion of animated emoji spices things up a little.

Next, Android’s Look to Speak is adding a text-free mode. This mode lets you communicate with the app’s speech function by selecting emojis, symbols, and images.

Google should let users keep the blob emojis if they want, as an option. Last May, Google revealed it was ditching its adorable blob emojis for a new, cleaner set of emojis in Android Oreo.

Emoji Kitchen is a fun tool that's been set up by Google. It allows phone users to mix up their emojis, blending them together to create all manner of crazy concoctions to add to messages.