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Create custom emojis on Android

by Hilary Kennedy on 2023-08-31T09:00:00-04:00 | 0 Comments

Emojis have become such a standard accessory in our text conversations that it can be frustrating when we feel like we don't have the full language of emojis at our disposal. If you're on an Android you may heard of this cool feature called "Emoji Kitchen". Have you tried it? It's available through your native keyboard Gboard (which you can easily enable and set as your default keyboard if you haven't already)! Emoji Kitchen allows you to combine current emojis to create all custom mashups, (like combining the laughing with tears emoji with the heart eyes emoji to have a heart eyes emoji with happy tears)! To access this feature, head to your messaging app and pull up the keyboard. From within the keyboard click on the Emoji button. You have probably noticed this by now, but if you tap on an emoji you'll see some suggestions pop up that offer possible variations and combos from merging with other emojis. Scroll through until you see one that you like and tap to add it to your message! If you don't see these suggestions pop up, make sure that the Emoji Kitchen feature is turned on in your Gboard settings (Emoji, Stickers & GIFs > Suggestions while typing > Emojis).
Note that not all messaging apps support this feature and also that iPhones do not have Gboard so they won't see the custom emojis either.

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