iOS 27 Update: New Emojis from Smileys to Lighthouses Coming Soon!

• Unicode Consortium has released a draft list of new emojis for Unicode Emoji 18.0, potentially for iOS 27.
• The draft includes 9 new emoji concepts like a winking smiley, monarch butterfly, pickle, lighthouse, and meteor.
• These emojis are currently in draft stage and await final approval before tech companies like Apple implement them.
• Apple has not yet fully implemented Unicode Emoji 17.0, expected with iOS 26.4 around March/April.
• If approved, Unicode Emoji 18.0 could appear in iOS 27.4 around March, with iOS 27 focusing on performance.

Why It Matters: New emojis are in draft for iOS 27, with Apple also focusing on performance improvements and Genmoji features.