Google Android 5.0
Beating Heart on Google Android 5.0
Google shipped a new design for Beating Heart in Android 5.0, released November 12, 2014. The previous design is shown beside it.
Android 4.4
Android 5.0
How Google has drawn Beating Heart
Android 4.3Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 4.4Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 5.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 6.0.1Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Android 7.0Shipped in 2 releases before it changed
Android 8.0Shipped in 3 releases before it changed
Android 10.0Shipped in 2 releases before it changed
Android 11.0Shipped in 3 releases before it changed
Android 12lShipped in 1 release before it changed
15.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
15.1Shipped in 1 release before it changed
16.0Shipped in 1 release before it changed
- Android 15.0
Shipped in 1 release before it changed
16.0 June 2025 UpdateShipped in 2 releases before it changed
Every Google release of Beating Heart
- Android 4.3 ✳
- Android 4.4 ✳
- Android 5.0 ✳
- Android 6.0.1 ✳
- Android 7.0 ✳
- Android 7.1
- Android 8.0 ✳
- Android 8.1
- Android 9.0
- Android 10.0 ✳
- Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
- Android 11.0 ✳
- Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
- Android 12.0
- Android 12l ✳
- 15.0 ✳
- 15.1 ✳
- 16.0 ✳
- Android 15.0 ✳
- 16.0 June 2025 Update ✳
- 17.0
✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.
Beating Heart on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Beating Heart look like on Google?
- On Google it is the design shipped in 17.0, shown above at full size. Older revisions are listed beneath it.
- When did Google add Beating Heart?
- Google first drew Beating Heart in Android 4.3, released July 24, 2013.
- How many times has Google redrawn Beating Heart?
- Google LLC has shipped 21 versions of Beating Heart. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.