You'd think that with thousands of official emoji on our devices, I'd be able to find one for any mood or expression. And yet ...

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.

One of the slickest ways to use the new AI image gen capabilities is to make custom emojis with the new Genmoji feature. All you need is an iPhone or iPad up to date with version 18.2 or later.

Scrolling in the list is fast and smooth both on the iPhone and iPad, and emoji are larger and therefore easier to find. Combining this with the swipeable/tappable bar makes for an extremely intuitive ...

As is customary at this time of the year, Apple has updated iOS and iPadOS with new emoji. The emoji additions include two new shaking faces, a phoenix, a lime slice, a brown mushroom, and a broken ...