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07-25-2017, 05:33 AM
How Google is trying to fix Android's emoji problem
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Android has an emoji problem (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/google-android-emoji-problem/).
**, it's **t those weird blobs (http://mashable.com/2017/07/17/google-blob-emoji-stickers/) (RIP (http://mashable.com/2017/05/18/android-o-new-emoji/)), but something that's been nearly as tricky to fix. Because of Android handset makers' inconsistent updates, **t only do many Android users **t get new software updates in a timely manner, they don't get new emoji at the same time as their iPhone-using counterparts.
SEE ALSO: After 10 years, I'm breaking up with Android (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/why-im-buying-an-iphone/)
While Google will probably never really fix its fragmentation problem (http://mashable.com/2016/05/25/google-may-shame-carriers-android-updates/), the company is working on a fix for the emoji issue, as highlighted Monday by Emojipedia (http://blog.emojipedia.org/fewer-empty-boxes-ahead-for-android-users/).
Up until **w, new emoji releases have been tied to Android updates. This meant that Android users often had to wait weeks or even months to get the latest emoji characters.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/google-android-o-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Android has an emoji problem (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/google-android-emoji-problem/).
**, it's **t those weird blobs (http://mashable.com/2017/07/17/google-blob-emoji-stickers/) (RIP (http://mashable.com/2017/05/18/android-o-new-emoji/)), but something that's been nearly as tricky to fix. Because of Android handset makers' inconsistent updates, **t only do many Android users **t get new software updates in a timely manner, they don't get new emoji at the same time as their iPhone-using counterparts.
SEE ALSO: After 10 years, I'm breaking up with Android (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/why-im-buying-an-iphone/)
While Google will probably never really fix its fragmentation problem (http://mashable.com/2016/05/25/google-may-shame-carriers-android-updates/), the company is working on a fix for the emoji issue, as highlighted Monday by Emojipedia (http://blog.emojipedia.org/fewer-empty-boxes-ahead-for-android-users/).
Up until **w, new emoji releases have been tied to Android updates. This meant that Android users often had to wait weeks or even months to get the latest emoji characters.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/google-android-o-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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