Remember the 90s when we had just two recognised genders and only 176 emojis that were freshly introduced? Well, we’ve come a long way since the 20th century; we have more than 3000 emojis at our service and a multitude of genders to associate ourselves with. Google’s new initiative seems to take us further into a more potpourri-like future with zero alienation of anyone.
Google has initiated 53 new emojis that do not visually belong to any specific gender. These emojis will be launched in Pixel phones in beta within a week and in Android Q phones later this year.
It looks like another celebratory inclusion to the keyboard after having interracial emojis and the emoticons that exhibit homosexual couples, single-gender parents and even a single parent. With the introduction of these non-binary emojis, we get to witness a broader representation of world in the widely used mode of communication that is texting.