Windows 11 has quietly gained support for Emoji 16.0 — but the rollout is partial, inconsistent, and leaves important UI surfaces and apps still showing “missing glyph” boxes instead of the new icons.
Background / Overview
Emoji 16.0 is a deliberately small Unicode/emoji update that introduced...
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 24H2 quietly surfaced support for Emoji 16.0, completing the behind‑the‑scenes work that began with the August optional preview update and bringing the system emoji inventory up to the Unicode‑recommended total — but the experience is uneven...
Windows 11’s 24H2 is now shipping support for Emoji 16.0 — but there’s a catch: the system emoji panel doesn’t yet expose the new icons, and rendering remains inconsistent across apps and web services. What looks like a late-but-welcome Unicode update has instead exposed a long-standing Windows...