


We're on the cusp of a change, though, as Android 10 users have suddenly gained the ability to display and send 11's smileys through a combination of Gboard and Messages. This is generally the case with Android too: a new version brings the ability to display new emojis system-wide then Gboard gets updated to support sending those.

On almost every OS and platform, support for new emojis usually requires a software update.
