The button will introduce more people to the Windows 11 emoji panel, which has been shipping as part of Windows since Windows 10, but isn't widely known as it's hidden behind a keyboard shortcut.

But if you're active on Twitter, you've probably seen its popular emoji mashup bots, which combine multiple emojis into one. Only recently, Emoji Kitchen was native to Android users on Gboard.

Then, on your keyboard, press the Start button + Period ( . ). The action when confirmed will open the emoji panel. Now to find and insert emoji, do one of the following Select a category icon ...

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One affects Copilot+ PCs and breaks Windows Hello PIN and biometric authentication, and another bug abruptly closes the emoji panel when switching between emoji tabs or trying to select an emoji.

Save for the new bigger button, the Audio Emoji panel is unchanged today, with this design in testing since last month. If you’re not on a Pixel 9+, you’ll just get a full-width button for ...