Apple today committed to adopting more than 70 new emoji.
The Unicode Consortium announced Unicode 11, which includes dozens of new emoji, in February and made the final version available in June. Apple says new emoji characters will soon grace the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac.
Unicode 11 brings new representation for emoji with options for red hair, gray hair, curly hair, and no hair, as well as more food, animals, sports, and other items.
iOS 12 is already in beta testing and will be distributed to iOS devices in in the September to October time frame.