Latest iOS 26.4 Beta Adds New Emoji Characters

Source: MacRumors

New Emoji Characters in iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4

• Trombone
• Treasure Chest
• Distorted Face
• Hairy Creature (aka Bigfoot or Sasquatch)
• Fight Cloud
• Orca
• Landslide

Additional Emoji Updates

• New skin‑tone modifiers for the people wrestling and dancers with bunny ears emojis.
• Gender‑neutral option for the ballet dancer emoji.

Background

• These emojis are part of the Unicode 17 update that the Unicode Consortium previewed in fall 2025.
• Apple typically takes several months to implement new Unicode emojis because custom artwork must be created for each one.
• Updated emojis are often added to Apple devices in the spring, usually via .4 software updates.