Forum Discussion
Kaushal-Mehta
Microsoft
MicrosoftNow in public preview: Fluent Emojis
Description
Microsoft is releasing the new Fluent Emojis update, refreshing 1800+ emojis. The new emojis bring a modern and delightful new version of the emojis we use every day. Whether for work, school, or life, the new emojis will bring the power of fun and play into every message or reaction!
Users will see a new take on most of the previous Teams emojis, along with some new picks! All skintone-enabled emojis will continue to have 6 skintone options.
These are the specific changes:
- Emojis in chat and channels messaging will update to the new Fluent style, along with delightful animations for applicable emojis
- Reactions in chat, channels, and live meeting reactions will update to the new Fluent style
For more background on the Fluent Emojis, feel free to read this blog post from our Fluent Design team! An Emoji For Your Thoughts. Microsoft’s new emojis | by Microsoft Design | Microsoft Design | Medium
Screenshots
Fluent emojs in the new emoji picker:
A preview of many of the new emojis:
Flighting status
Available now on Desktop, Web, Mobile, and Meetings.
How to enable
Enabled by default for all tenants.
Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below.
Supported clients and platforms
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Chrome |
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Safari |
Edge |
Internet Explorer |
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Known issues
- Some emojis may blend in with certain backgrounds or Teams theming (ex. Ghost on light mode or Spades on dark mode).
Known limitations
- N/A
Enable your Teams client for the public preview
- First, IT admins need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs.
- Users then choose to join the public preview individually. See Get early access to new Teams features - Office Support (microsoft.com) for instructions.
Summary of public preview features
For a history of features in the Office and Teams public previews, see Release Notes Current Channel (Preview) - Office release notes | Microsoft Docs.
Send us your feedback
Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback.
Thank you,
Preview Team, Jason_Schumacher
Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft Teams
- All my colleagues are complaining about the new emoji. They might look nice in the animated marketing video (https://vimeo.com/573224898), but as small icons inside messages and reactions, they are just too small and indistinguishable from another. Please revert them to the original style or give users the option which emoji they want to use.
- These icons are incredibly bad. Everyone here hates them. I feel embarrassed using them.
Just to chime in here:
Everyone at my company either dislikes, actively ridicules or outright hates the new designs.
They are:
1. Too small for the default Teams size to be easily readable without straining your eyes
2. Too busy for their size to be easily discernible at a glance
3. Not fitted to Teams' flat~ish design with their bottom-lit 3D style
4. Too cartoony for a professional setting
And honestly. WHY does the (thinking) emoji look like it's picking its nose? Who approved this?
I am a UI/UX coder and I can't even. Please revert or give options.Please revert back. Are ya’ll working with Instagram on how to ruin UX unilaterally?
These new emojis are horrendous. Please give us the chance to revert back to the previous version. I am not alone in this opinion. Thousands of your customers are screaming at you to change this, not including the ones that don't take the time to voice their opinion here.
Everyone, please take a moment and upvote/comment on these suggestions. If MS is listening, maybe they will revert this madness:
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/71207f98-65bb-ec11-a81b-000d3a03dba2
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/b95cc4bd-2488-ec11-a81b-0022484c51ef
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/86bdb2e3-5158-ec11-a819-6045bd7eb08a
- Whatever will be put in the description will not ease things for this 'feature'...
How couldn't someone around there just think...."Hey what if we put some radio buttons in the settings letting users go back to old emojis if they really wants that to?"
How in a company like Microsoft people aren't encouraged to come and say 'this is bad'? Please rollback to the old Design, the new ones are unusable in an work environment.
- Please roll-back or allow a "standard-emoji"-set. This is waaaay far from usable in reasonable business communication - and it hurts my eyes, head and "UX-instincts" 😄
I don't know how much feedback you have had on these, but for a UK business, these are really unusable - they are juvenile, too loud, and simply not appropriate for use in a business setting.
I have four different teams accounts across my own businesses and partners. Two have been moved to the new emojis and two are still using the classic ones. Where the new ones have been introduced, we've simply stopped using emojis in communications (or we ctrl-z to revert to a simple punctuation emoticon before sending messages).
Please reconsider this rollout, and at least leave us with the option of sticking with classic emojis.
