The emoji name 😷 Face with Medical Mask doesn't suggest any particular emotion to go with this past, meaning that the design is mostly up to interpretation by vendors. This is only a beta release right now, but if the change remains in place by the final version of iOS 14.2, this does pose one question of compatibility. Image: Apple designs / Emojipedia composite.Īmong other minor emoji changes buried in the beta release of iOS 14.2, this subtle change to 😷 Face with Medical Mask appears to carry the most weight, in the sense that mask wearing has become a somewhat political act in the United States. Above: ☺️ Smiling Face and 😷 Face with Medical Mask have identical eyebrows, eyes and blushing cheeks in iOS 14.2 beta 2. In fact, a direct comparison with Apple's existing ☺️ Smiling Face emoji reveals that's exactly what's behind the mask. Image: Apple designs / Emojipedia composite. Above: 😷 Face with Medical Mask before and after iOS 14.2 beta 2.
Replacing downturned eyes with eyebrows and blushing cheeks, it's fair to assume the new mask-wearing emoji is intended to be smiling.
In the next release of Apple's iPhone operating system, this emoji no longer looks forlorn, and now appears to be smiling.
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Above: 😷 Face with Medical Mask on iOS, Android and Samsung devices October 2020. Long used as an emoji to imply sickness, the mask-wearing emoji saw a revival in 2020 as one of the most popular emojis used in tweets about Coronavirus.īut why does it have to look so.sick? If mask-wearing is to become normalized and encouraged for people regardless of symptoms, then symbolism around mask-wearing shouldn't imply that by wearing a mask you must be sick.
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