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.

If you'd like to annoy your spouse with a rainbow glitter poop emoji in a middle of the workday, here's how to make it happen. To access Genmoji, you'll need to use iOS 18.2 on an iPhone 15 Pro or ...

In the Tapbacks bubble above the message, scroll to the right to show a handful of emoji to use. If you don't see the right emoji, or you want to use a sticker, tap the gray smiley to the far ...