What changed in Microsoft Windows 8.1?

Compared with Windows 8.0, Microsoft Windows 8.1 added 11 new emoji and redrew 824 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 Windows 8.0. A version number cannot tell you this — most releases ship the same drawings unchanged.

Release notes

Added in Microsoft Windows 8.1

Microsoft drew 11 emoji for the first time in this release, compared with Windows 8.0.

Also in this release: 824 designs redrawn →

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よくある質問

What changed in Microsoft Windows 8.1?: Compared with Windows 8.0, Microsoft Windows 8.1 added 11 new emoji and redrew 824 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 Windows 8.0. A version number cannot tell you this — most releases ship the same drawings unchanged.

← All emoji in Windows 8.1