And so emojis were born in a (highly successful) attempt to bridge the gap between the spoken work, and text-based formats. I could´, for example, send a message to my boss, telling him that as today ...

A leafless, lifeless tree is among the most striking new emojis coming to our smartphones in the coming weeks, as part of the latest batch being released by the Unicode Consortium, which sets the ...

This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what's available on your smartphone's keyboard.

Results might be jarring, or hilarious. Here's me in a cowboy hat for reference. Credit: Khamosh Pathak Genmoji will generate multiple emojis, and you can swipe through all the versions it makes.