Short version:
Expanded emoji picker in Microsoft Teams: Going from 85 to more than 800! Many reflecting Microsoft’s diverse and widespread user base. Feature rolling out late April to late May.
Details:
The expanded emoji update brings you the fun and expressiveness you love into your Teams messages, along with a wider range of diverse emojis, a necessity for Microsoft’s diverse and widespread user base. This expansion is available for Teams desktop apps (Windows and Mac), Teams mobile (Android and iOS), and Teams on the web.
The updated emoji picker expands offerings from 85 emojis to more than 800, which are easily accessed by using a category selector. They have also added a skin tone selector for applicable emojis.
Filter emojis by name using the shortcode feature:
Use the search box to filter emojis:
In addition, when you are in desktop pop-out chat or meeting chat, you can filter emojis using the keyboard. This feature is not available for Teams mobile apps. Kirsty Brown at The Inform Team spotted that this part of the update is already live.
Filter emojis by name using the shortcode feature:
Availability:Feature rolling out late April to late May. Live now.
