Microsoft promised us lively three-dimensional emoji, and these new ones aren’t it.
There are plenty of reasons why you might not be rushing out to upgrade to Windows 11. Emojis might be low on that list, but the fact that Microsoft isn’t delivering on the three-dimensional pop-out emoji it promised us months ago is not a great sign. The latest build for Windows 11 Insiders includes redesigned emoji, but they look nothing like the ones that Microsoft showed off during the OS’s original reveal. The new emojis are flat and decidedly less colorful than the 3D ones previewed earlier this year, which looked like a cross between the original Windows emoji and the animated Skype ones. If you’re running the public version of Windows 11 right now, you won’t see the emojis until they’re officially pushed out.
