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The word&nbsp;new, shown enclosed&nbsp;in a square.

Squared New

The glittering flashes of sparkles. One of the world&#39;s most popular emojis, it is generally depicted as a cluster of three, yellow&nbsp;four-point stars, with one large sparkle and two small ones to its left or right.

Commonly used to indicate various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, beauty, gratitude, and excitement, as well as&nbsp;newness or cleanliness.

May also be used as <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/its-not-just-you-the-sparkles-emoji-is-everywhere/">a form of ✨emphasis✨ or to convey sarcastic or mocking tones</a>.

As of late 2023, an icon similar to the sparkles emoji is also often used within tech platforms to represent a feature that utilizes&nbsp;artificial intelligence.

Both <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/sparkles/">Microsoft</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/sparkles/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;sparkles were&nbsp;previously&nbsp;multicolored, while&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s sparkles were previously depicted on a night sky, suggesting <a href="/sparkler/">firework sparklers</a>.&nbsp;

<a href="http://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1075074100412985345">Twitter&#39;s mobile app uses</a> ✨ Sparkles as a button users can tap to toggle between latest and top tweets on their timeline.

Similar emojis&nbsp;with less implied meaning include&nbsp;<a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji predates emojis inclusion within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. The earliest incarnation of this emoji could be found in Japanese emoji keyboards in <a href="/docomo/1999/sparkles">1999</a>, specifically within the <a href="/docomo">Docomo</a> emoji set designed by&nbsp;Shigetaka Kurita.</div>

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Sparkles

The front page of a newspaper, as people once read the news before the internet. Commonly used for various content concerning news, media, and journalism as well as personal news.

Most platforms depict a nondescript masthead, images, and columns of text. Apple&rsquo;s newspaper is called The Apple Times, featuring a logo based on its&nbsp;<a href="/eagle/">🦅 Eagle</a> and a picture of its <a href="/volcano/">🌋 Volcano</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s is called Daily Feed, with a headline &ldquo;El Capitan&rdquo; and picture of that famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan">rock formation in Yosemite National Park</a>. WhatsApp&rsquo;s paper reads Daily News with a picture of a <a href="/world-map/">map</a>.

See also <a href="/rolled-up-newspaper/">🗞️ Rolled-Up Newspaper</a>.

Newspaper

The word &quot;soon&quot; with an arrow above it, pointing to the right.

Soon with Rightwards Arrow Above

A yellow and green shield symbol, called a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshinsha_mark">Shoshinsha Mark</a>. Must be displayed by drivers in Japan for one year after they receive their drivers licence.

Similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-plate">L-Plates</a>&nbsp;used to identify learner drivers in other countries.

Japanese Symbol for Beginner

Often used as a decorative bullet-point, the sparkle has both a ❇︎ text and ❇️ emoji presentation available on most&nbsp;platforms.

Like with the&nbsp;<a href="/sparkles">✨ Sparkles</a>&nbsp;emoji,&nbsp;an icon similar to the four-point star design used to represent this emoji by several vendors (e.g. Apple, Microsoft) is often used within tech platforms to represent a feature that utilizes&nbsp;artificial intelligence.

Sparkle

The&nbsp;word&nbsp;cool, shown enclosed&nbsp;in a square. This generally displays in a shade of blue, or blue-gray on most platforms. Used as a text decoration.

Squared Cool

Squared ID

The letters&nbsp;NG, shown enclosed&nbsp;in a square, which are an&nbsp;acronym for the words <a href="/person-gesturing-no/" title="🙅 Face With No Good Gesture">No Good</a>.

The origin of NG&nbsp;refers to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blooper">bloopers</a>&nbsp;shown during or after the credits of&nbsp;a live <a href="/television/" title="📺 Television">television</a> show in Japan (known as NGs), but can be used in any field as a form of shorthand for&nbsp;no good.

Squared NG

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

Facebook had&nbsp;a unique emoji set that previously displayed&nbsp;within Messenger for iOS,&nbsp;Android and web. These emojis were different to those used on the&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/">Facebook Desktop Website</a>&nbsp;from June 2016 &mdash;&nbsp;September 2017.

As of October 2017 this emoji set has been <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/facebook-discontinues-messenger-emojis/">discontinued</a>. Messenger for iOS now uses <a href="/apple/">native Apple emojis</a>, and Messenger for Android and web uses the <a href="/facebook/">Facebook emoji set</a>. See also:&nbsp;<a href="/crescent-moon/">🌙 Crescent Moon</a> for Messenger Dark Mode.

<img alt="" src="https://em-content.zobj.net/content/2016/06/01/facebook-messenger-emojis-iconfactory.png" />

Names, descriptions and meanings of all emojis on Facebook Messenger. Emojis that previously displayed in Messenger for iOS, Android, and web.

💬 Messenger Emoji List — All emojis for Facebook Messenger

New Facebook Messenger emojis were <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/new-facebook-messenger-emojis-are-stunning/">released</a> on Android and iOS on June 2, 2016.

Support&nbsp;for skin tone <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">modifiers</a>&nbsp;is new in this release, and&nbsp;<a href="/police-officer/" title="👮 Police Officer">police officer</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/person-running/" title="🏃 Runner">runner</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/person-walking/" title="🚶 Pedestrian">pedestrian</a>, <a href="/person-surfing/" title="🏄 Surfer">surfer</a>, and <a href="/person-swimming/" title="🏊 Swimmer">swimmer</a>&nbsp;display&nbsp;as women.

🆕 New Button on Messenger 1.0

🆕 New Button on Messenger 1.0

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