New iOS 26.4 Emoji: Full List for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Apple released iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS 26.4 on March 24, 2026. The update adds 🆕 Emoji 17.0 support to 📱 iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so Apple users can send and view the newest standard emoji after updating their devices.

These are Unicode emoji, not custom stickers or Apple-only Genmoji. Once other platforms support the same Unicode release, the emoji can work across different devices and apps.

iOS 26.4 and macOS 26.4 release date

The new emoji arrived on Apple devices with the 26.4 software updates released on March 24, 2026. That includes iOS 26.4 for iPhone, iPadOS 26.4 for iPad, and macOS 26.4 for Mac.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and other platforms draw their own emoji artwork, so the same Unicode emoji can look slightly different on each device. Read why emoji look different for more background.

What new emoji are in iOS 26.4?

The new iOS 26.4 emoji include 🫪 distorted face, 🫯 fight cloud, 🫈 hairy creature, 🧑‍🩰 ballet dancer, 🫍 orca, 🛘 landslide, 🪊 trombone, and 🪎 treasure chest.

The release also adds expanded skin tone sequences for 🤼 people wrestling and 👯 people with bunny ears. That means the update includes new emoji concepts, new emoji sequences, and new appearance options.

How to get the new distorted face, orca, and trombone emoji

To get the new iPhone emoji, update to iOS 26.4 or later. On iPad, update to iPadOS 26.4 or later. On Mac, update to macOS 26.4 or later.

The same applies to 🫯 fight cloud, 🫈 hairy creature, 🧑‍🩰 ballet dancer, 🛘 landslide, and 🪎 treasure chest. They are included with Emoji 17.0 support in the 26.4 Apple software updates.

See how to get the latest emoji for step-by-step update help.

Unicode Emoji 17.0

Emoji 17.0 introduced the new emoji now appearing on updated Apple devices. You can browse the 🆕 Emoji 17.0 new emoji list on Emoji.ac to see every emoji added in this release.

For more background, read what Unicode emoji are and who creates new emoji.

Why can I not see the new iOS emoji?

If a new emoji shows as a blank box, question mark, or missing symbol, your device probably does not support Emoji 17.0 yet. Updating your operating system is the usual fix.

The person receiving your message may also need an update. If you send 🫪 distorted face or 🫍 orca to someone on older software, they may not see the emoji correctly until their phone, tablet, computer, or app adds support.