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Loudspeaker Emoji 📢

What 📢 means

A right-facing speaker with a large funnel-like structure that brackets a rounded conical protrusion. The entire funnel or speaker is fastened by a metal piece that has a metallic handle attached to it as well.

The 📢 Loudspeaker emoji represents the device used to make manual public announcements. It signifies higher decibels as compared to the 🔊 High Volume Speaker, apart from attracting attention, increasing visibility and creating awareness too.

How and when to use it

If you're posting or reposting content that requires immediate attention and action, use 📢 in the caption. It's one of the most attention-grabbing emojis from the list.
Use 📢 while refraining or enabling that best friend to make an announcement - "Stop making public announcements about your love life!! 📢 or "I think it's time we open the box to everybody 📢".
You could also use 📢 in contexts that say 'too loud' or 'too much'. For instance, "If the music is too loud, you're too old 📢" or "If I'm too much for you, maybe you just need someone who's too little 📢 Byeeee".
Apart from just being 'loud', 📢 could also signify emphasis. So, if you're emphasizing something, you could use this emoji. Like, "You need to be there for YOU. I hope I made myself clear 📢".
Also, bring 📢 into contexts that are about awareness in general or even about creating awareness for/against a cause. For example, "Awareness is the first active step towards change 📢".

Other Names

📢 Public Announcement Speaker
📢 Loud Speaker
📢 PA System
📢 Announcement
📢 Public Address Loudspeaker
📢 Bullhorn
📢 Public Address System

The lowdown

Category: Objects › sound
Codepoints: U+1F4E2
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :loudspeaker:
Keywords: address, communication, loud, loudspeaker, public, sound

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.