Apple has today released iOS 14.5 for iPhone, bringing several new features and improvements including, Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, AirPlay 2 support for Apple Fitness+, App Tracking Transparency, updates to the Music app, lyrics sharing, and more.
With the release, 217 new emoji are coming to iPhone and iPad including, a mix of skin tones for couples, gender options for emoji with beards, a heart on fire, an updated syringe, and more.
iOS 14.5 has a mix of new and updated emoji characters. With the release, Apple has changed its syringe to go from showing a syringe with blood to a syringe with a clear medicine. The update also sees Apple swap its old Headphone emoji to look more like AirPods Max, which launched in December.
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Users will now see more skin tone options when choosing emoji couples, allowing for different skin tones to be set for each character in a couple.
You can read all about iOS 14.5 and the new features it brings here.