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Check out all the new emoji for your iPhone in iOS 17.4, from shaking heads to gender-neutral families

Sarah Jackson   

Check out all the new emoji for your iPhone in iOS 17.4, from shaking heads to gender-neutral families
Apple's iOS 17.4 update is here.NurPhoto / Getty
  • Apple released its iOS 17.4 update for the iPhone on Tuesday.
  • The update includes many new emoji, including a phoenix, shaking heads, and gender-neutral families.

Apple's latest iPhone update is here — and it comes with new emoji.

Released Tuesday, iOS 17.4 brings in 118 new emoji, including shaking heads, a broken chain, gender-neutral families, and new directionality for some existing emoji.

These are the best new emoji you can use to win your group chat:

A head shaking side to side

A head shaking side to side
Emojipedia

A head shaking up and down

A head shaking up and down
Emojipedia

A slice of lime

A slice of lime
Emojipedia

A phoenix

A phoenix
Emojipedia

A (different) mushroom

A (different) mushroom
Emojipedia

(Not to be confused with the existing mushroom emoji that is red with white spots.)

A broken chain

A broken chain
Emojipedia

Gender-neutral families

Gender-neutral families
Emojipedia

People facing right

People facing right
Emojipedia

There are already emoji of people walking, running, kneeling, using mobility aids, using manual wheelchairs, and using motorized wheelchairs. But those all face leftward. iOS 17.4 introduces rightward-facing options for the same emoji.

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