Apple is rolling out gender-neutral Santa emoji with new iOS 14.2 update

A -neutral Santa Claus is coming to town with iOS 14.2 beta release.

As part of its drive for greater digital diversity, Apple Inc has unveiled new Santa emoji which will roll out with iOS 14.2 update due in October this year. According to Emojipedia, new update will include variations of people wearing tuxedo and veil. Earlier, Apple only portrayed a man wearing a tuxedo and a woman wore a veil. However, with new update, tuxedo and bridal gown options will be available for both men and women.

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new update will also have an alternative for Santa Claus, dubbed Mx Claus or Mrs. Claus. Earlier, only one option was available that showed an old bearded man wearing a Santa cap.  new Santa will swap his beard for a clean-shaven, more androgyus look. bottle-feeding options will also come with different variations in new iOS 14.2. In prior releases only a woman feeding bottled milk to a baby was available, but w a male avatar will also be seen. 

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Apart from se, Apple will also release an emoji of people hugging, transcending social distancing rules of COVID-19 era. neutral emoji can be used by anyone who, regardless of ir colour or . As per Emojipedia, latest set of emojis have been approved by Unicode Consortium, a n-profit organisation that maintains and publishes Unicode standard. 

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