Re: IOS v. 17.4

On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 10:55:01 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

But, each co. (Apple, etc.) has to come up with scalable graphics for each code for their own OS'.  And then distribute that amongst it's OS versions.  Retro fitting this is practical only to the depth of standard support.  To boot, companies revise their emoji's over time (improve the graphic somehow or add variation.

 Yep. For example the gun emoji was changed to a water pistol on Apple
devices from an actual handgun.

I was unaware that the emoji are characters (in transmission) and then are rendered on the device as per how the messaging app renders them, so thanks for that information.
Does it also apply to those things they call "stickers" too?