By Matt Binder
Publication Date: 2026-05-15 19:27:00
Emoji-obsessed Android users, get ready for Noto 3D emojis to take over your text messages, posts, and more.
This week, Google announced a design overhaul to the nearly 4,000 unique emojis, which will soon be available on Android devices running the yet-to-be-released Android 17. According to Google, the previous emoji designs “often fall flat” when trying to express emotions online.
So, Google has introduced the new Noto 3D, its new line of 3D emojis.
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“From our beloved innocent blob emoji of the 2010s to Noto 3D, the new emoji collection we announced today, emoji are the universal language of our digital lives and they’ve never felt more alive,” Google said in a post.
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The company also previewed what some of the 3D emojis look like in a short video animation, offering a comparison to the 2D…