As part of the update, the now-infamous mask-clad emoji has a subtle change in facial expression. To put it simply, the face is obviously smiling behind that sterile white medical mask.

These eight emoji that have seen the biggest increase in usage with the coronavirus. Face screaming in fear 7. Red circle 6. Backhand index pointing down 5. Face with medical mask 4. Police car ...

Essentially, as long as you’re not putting them on your vagina, sheet masks are, in general, a wonderful thing. But there’s an exception to that rule. And that exception is emoji masks.

Noticeably absent? A usable medical-mask emoji for the pandemic era. The current mask emoji (?) on Apple’s iOS looks sickly. Its wincing eyes connote the agony of illness—an undeniable reality of our ...

Apple is giving the mask-wearing Emoji a slight facelift. The symbol that has long been used to imply illness has taken on a new meaning in 2020 with the pandemic pushing people to wear face ...

Before that Hong Kong had faced a citywide shortage of hygiene products, including face masks ... also found fear was at its height on January 5, when people used the “fear” emoji to express ...