Apple:

iOS 12.1 will be available Tuesday, October 30, bringing Group FaceTime and more than 70 new emoji to iPhone and iPad. FaceTime changed the way people communicate and share important moments, and now with Group FaceTime, it’s easy to chat with more people than ever before — from 2 to 32 people. iOS 12.1 also brings Depth Control in real-time preview and Dual SIM support to iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR customers.

Here’s a link to the new emoji sets.

I do love the new emoji. They are beautifully rendered, no doubt. But I do wish Apple would take the “Add to Favorites” model used on the Mac’s Character Viewer to allow me to mark specific favorite emoji to make them easier to find. The more emoji we add, the harder an individual emoji is to find.

There is a Frequently Used section on my iOS emoji keyboard, but emoji fall off that view as others are used. And the ever-changing view of the Frequently Used emoji makes it hard to develop any sort of muscle memory.