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Thinking Face on Google Android 8.0

Google shipped a new design for Thinking Face in Android 8.0, released August 21, 2017. The previous design is shown beside it.

Previous release
Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 7.1Android 7.1
This release
Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 8.0

Android 8.0

How Google has drawn Thinking Face

  1. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Gmail
    Gmail

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

  2. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 6.0.1
    Android 6.0.1

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  3. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 7.0
    Android 7.0

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

  4. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 8.0
    Android 8.0

    Shipped in 5 releases before it changed

  5. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 11.0
    Android 11.0

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

  6. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 12.0
    Android 12.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  7. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 12l
    Android 12l

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  8. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in 15.0
    15.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  9. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in 15.1
    15.1

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  10. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in 16.0
    16.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  11. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in Android 15.0
    Android 15.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  12. Thinking Face as drawn by Google in 16.0 June 2025 Update
    16.0 June 2025 Update

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

Every Google release of Thinking Face

  1. Gmail ✳
  2. Android 4.3
  3. Android 6.0.1 ✳
  4. Android 7.0 ✳
  5. Android 7.1
  6. Android 8.0 ✳
  7. Android 8.1
  8. Android 9.0
  9. Android 10.0
  10. Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
  11. Android 11.0 ✳
  12. Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
  13. Android 12.0 ✳
  14. Android 12l ✳
  15. 15.0 ✳
  16. 15.1 ✳
  17. 16.0 ✳
  18. Android 15.0 ✳
  19. 16.0 June 2025 Update ✳
  20. 17.0

✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.

Thinking Face on other platforms

Frequently asked questions

What does Thinking Face 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 Thinking Face?
Google first drew Thinking Face in Gmail, released October 22, 2008.
How many times has Google redrawn Thinking Face?
Google LLC has shipped 20 versions of Thinking Face. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.

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