Re: Additional emojis

On Tue, 13 May 2025 19:26:40 +0100, Woody
<harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

On Mon 12/05/2025 19:22, Andy Burns wrote:

Pamela wrote:
 

Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?

 
Additional emoji are generally added by android updates after they've
been added to unicode
 

I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.

 
If you go "adding your own" how do you know your recipient is likely to
have them at the other end?
 
 

>
Don't forget that adding an emoji to a text message makes the whole
message be sent in double rate, i.e. you only get 80 characters instead
of 160.

Pedant alert. Actually that's 140 octets. 7-bit encoding means
that a message can have 160 characters. 16-bit encoding limits
a message to 70 characters. Multipart messages have a 6 octet
header to permit the receiving handset to put the messages
together leaving 134 octets in each part for the actual message.
--
Roger