San Francisco, CA - February 12, 2020: Yiying Lu designer of the boba emoji infront of an exhibiition of her art.

A University of Illinois professor helped win approval for a forthcoming new emoji symbol — a cup of bubble tea — as part of her research into how people communicate using the popular images.

Emoji fans can expect a total of 62 emoji introduced in 2020, among them being some popular icons of objects like 'bubble tea,' a ladder and boomerang, as well as emoji related to people, animals ...

For example, new emoji were included in the release of iOS 13.2 last year. Apple does this as a way to entice users to update their devices to the latest and most secure versions of iOS.

What Emoji Tell Us About the History of Tea From ancient China to 20th-century America, the aromatic beverage has undergone a dramatic evolution. Charlene Wang de Chen. October 27, 2023.