The Emoji's official name is "Face with Medical Mask" and it was added to iPhone iOS in 2008. Apple's move to alter the symbol follows Samsung, which gave its users a happier face mask emoji in March.

Hedley & Bennett's "Wake Up & Fight" masks become a call to action 04:29. Apple is giving its mask-wearing emoji an update: The keyboard character donning a medical face mask will be smiling under ...

But this year, face masks became a daily necessity for all, sick or not—and the public’s emoji use reflected that. In fact, the popularity of the “Face with Medical Mask” emoji increased ...

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.

Apple's new smiling mask emoji will soon be available to users. The emoji seems to be in good spirits, wearing a mask to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

More skin tone variations are coming to the world of Emoji. The Unicode Consortium, which selects new character variants each year, gave smartphone users a mini-update on Friday, unveiling the ...

Google has introduced an updated emoji picker for Gmail on web. It allows users to express themselves more authentically using emoji variations in Gmail.

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.