Apple Updated Its Mask-Wearing Emoji to Include a Smile It just shows that following CDC guidelines can put a smile on your face. By Katie Dupere Published: Oct 05, 2020 8:37 AM EDT ...

Apple has quietly updated its “Face with Medical Mask” emoji with friendlier eyes, eyebrows, and rosy cheeks. It appears to be Apple’s “Smiling Face” emoji, with a mask on top.

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.

As the mask-wearing emoji becomes more and more commonly used amid the coronavirus pandemic, Emojipedia explains that Apple is updating its facial expression so it no longer looks sad. “Long ...

Before being re-worked, the mask emoji had something of a sad look about it – downturned eyes and a noticeable air of being down in the dumps – but this new and improved version is looking on ...

The Face with Medical Mask emoji as it appears on various operating systems. Screenshot from Emojipedia.. Then, he made a mock-up of his smize-ing mask emoji using Apple’s Keynote software and ...

Apple users will soon be able to express themselves with a new emoji that seems to be in good spirits, wearing a mask to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Hedley & Bennett's "Wake Up & Fight" masks become a call to action 04:29. Apple is giving its mask-wearing emoji an update: The keyboard character donning a medical face mask will be smiling under ...

The mask-wearing emoji used to represent being sick, what some might consider a neutral-to-sad feeling. In the next release of Apple’s iOS, this emoji will be getting a mood change, so to speak.

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.