The latest such update is more expressive hand gesture emoji on Gboard. Google’s approach to emojis has been more fun than the bubbly, almost plastic look that Apple has adopted on iOS.

With the feature update, then, the same animation will appear for all the other colored heart emojis, as well. The emoji-themed update is rolling out soon on both iOS and Android, while desktop ...

WhatsApp users can still easily access their other emoji options by clicking the plus symbol on the reaction bar. On the other hand, Meta’s Messenger app still only displays the same five emojis ...