The Pink Heart Emoji is Finally Here and No One Is Happier Than Gen Z

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguy 2,652 0
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It’s been a long journey (and a lot of internet uproar) to the highly-anticipated pink heart emoji, but her moment has finally arrived! iOS 16.4 is spreading the love, and no one is more thrilled than Gen Z.

 

Global (29 March, 2023) — If emojis are a language, then the pink heart emoji is the love language the internet has long been waiting for.

From the dawn of emoji-usage, the demand for a simple pink heart symbol became a movement—yes really. Communities have even gone as far as to sign petitions to bring it into existence after being disappointed by its absence time and time again. That wouldn’t be the first time people have rallied together for an emoji, either. Last year, we called on South Africans to stand behind “the little emoji that couldn’t” to shine a light on the forgotten cablecar emoji and our heritage.

Moral of the story: people take their emojis pretty seriously. And now, thanks to iOS 16.4’s recent update, the pink emoji is here to spread a little more love in the world. Of course, no one is more thrilled than Gen Z— the first digitally native generation, and the one’s who never had to learn what different emojis mean.

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According to Tech Crunch the 31 new emojis were approved last year and set to debut with the latest iOS update on 27 March.

Emojipedia shared all the new stars of the keyboard which include a shaking head the ice blue heart, wifi symbol, moose (always important) and angel wings.

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Twitter Reacts

Of course, Twitter users couldn’t contain their excitement for the love of simple pink hearts.

And, we have no doubt we’ll see the pink heart scattered between some all-important messages, like Breast Cancer support and awareness.

Go out and spread soft love little emoji!

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About the Author

Ashleigh Nefdt is a writer for Good Things Guy.

Ashleigh's favourite stories have always seen the hidden hero (without the cape) come to the rescue. As a journalist, her labour of love is finding those everyday heroes and spotlighting their spark - especially those empowering women, social upliftment movers, sustainability shakers and creatives with hearts of gold. When she's not working on a story, she's dedicated to her canvas or appreciating Mother Nature.

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