However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.

Instead of downturned, “forlorn” eyes, the new icon will show one of Apple’s smiling emoji’s with a mask superimposed, according to Emojipedia. Apple is updating the face mask emoji to ...

A smiley face, a face laughing with tears or a sad face ... studied the emoji interactions of more than 1,200 people and found happy emojis were often used to mask negative emotions to make ...

Apple is giving the mask-wearing Emoji a slight ... making it look as if it's happy to be wearing a face covering, according to the emoji search engine Emojipedia. For those who are unfamiliar ...

Now, it’s almost happy? You can practically imagine a smile underneath. As Emojipedia points out, the new emoji is literally Apple’s existing “Smiling Face” with a mask on top. Do you ...