Apple introduces new diverse set of Emojis

Emoji are little icons and smiley faces used to communicate ideas and feelings while text messaging. They have become so popular you can have an entire conversation with them alone.

Up until now, the set of Emojiinstalledin iOSmostly represented people who have a lighter complextion.

The new Emoji will feature faces with a variety of skin tones ranging from white to dark brown. There’s also a questionable Emoji skin tone that appears to be yellow. If you beleive in Santa Claus you will be happy to know that there will be a black Santa Claus included in this new release.

These Emoji will be be available for the release of OS X 10.10.3​ and iOS 8.3. If you’re eager to get them on your device now, you can spend $100 for a developer license and be one of the first people to use these new emoticons.