Release notes
Redrawn in Google Android 8.1
Google redrew 9 emoji in this release, compared with Android 8.0. Each is shown beside the design it replaced.
Handshake: Light Skin Tone
Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Handshake: Medium Skin Tone
Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Handshake: Dark Skin Tone
Cheese Wedge
Hamburger
Beer Mug
Clinking Beer Mugs
Frequently asked questions
- What changed in Google Android 8.1?
- Compared with Android 8.0, Google Android 8.1 added no new emoji and redrew 9 existing designs.
- How is a redesign told apart from a re-release?
- By the artwork itself. Every image is stored with a checksum of its bytes, so a design counts as redrawn only when those bytes differ from Android 8.0. A version number cannot tell you this — most releases ship the same drawings unchanged.