(CNN) In a bit of good news, there will be new emojis in 2021 after all. The consortium announced in April there would be no new emojis until 2022 because of the pandemic. The attempted gender-inclusive design offers three variants of the beard: a "person" with a beard, a "woman" with a beard and a "man" with a beard -- with the "person" option meant to be the gender-neutral one. But the bulk of the update, comprising 200 out of the 217 new emojis, is dedicated to skin tones for the "couple with heart" emoji and the "kiss" emoji. Current options offer only the default "yellow" skin tone for both, but the update will allow other skin tones to be specified.

Source: CNN September 21, 2020 20:26 UTC