The update includes gender neutral characters, disabilities and a period emoji.
Source: Mac Rumours (via The Daily Mail)
350 new emojis which were approved by Apple earlier this year were finally rolled out today with the new iOS 13.2 update.
Included in the 350 are gender neutral emojis, disability emojis and a period emoji showing a single drop of blood.
There is also now an option to change the skin tone of the holding hands emoji.
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Disabled users are well represented with developers adding a hearing aid, a wheelchair user, a guide dog, a prosthetic limb, and a person using a guide walking stick.
They've also included a mensuration emoji, a single drop of blood, to try to break the stigma associated with periods.
Lucy Russell, head of girls' and women's rights at Plan International UK says;
"The inclusion of an emoji which can express what 800 million women around the world are experiencing every month is a huge step towards normalising periods and smashing the stigma which surrounds them."
Users can access the new emojis by updating their device.
