Launched in 2020, Google’s Emoji Kitchen allows you to create custom emojis by combining two or more existing ones. For example, you can combine a cowboy hat with a crying face.

However, emoji reactions only work on RCS version 2.7, not the RCS Universal Profile. Either Apple updated the protocol without notifying anyone, or Google silently made a change on its end.

Credit: Kafka Ibram / Shutterstock Finally some good news for iPhone and Android users in the same group chat. Emoji reactions, or Tapbacks, now work properly between iPhone and Android messages.

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Expect new emoji on devices by the end of 2024, but possibly in 2025. Mobile users may receive the emoji with updates like iOS 18 and Android 15 this fall.

For more about Android, see everything announced at the Google I/O keynote earlier this month and two new Android 15 privacy tools you can use right now.