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Email emoji compatibility 2026: safe emojis for subject lines
See which emojis display correctly in Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, and other email clients, based on Better Email tests across 17 clients.
Nicki Pabst Rasmussen
Unicode 18.0 has nine new emojis, but email support will take time
Unicode 18.0 adds nine new emojis, including a pickle and a meteor. Why they are not safe for email campaigns yet, and what to do meanwhile.
Nicki Pabst Rasmussen
New emojis and why you cannot use them yet
The new emojis in Unicode 17.0, how each one could be used, and why our test across 17 email clients says to wait before using them.
Nicki Pabst Rasmussen
939 new fonts for Outlook
Outlook renders 939 fonts from Microsoft's cloud, not just the nine web-safe ones. The full list, and how to use it in your email font stacks.
Nicki Pabst Rasmussen