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NEW Button Emoji 🆕

The word 'NEW' boxed in blue, the new-button emoji is a little badge announcing that something just dropped. It flags fresh releases, recent updates, or anything worth noticing because it wasn't there yesterday — a new product, a new chapter, a new anything.

What 🆕 means

The word 'new' printed in white, bold letters on a button-like squared blue surface. The 🆕 NEW Button emoji indicates anything new, original, and authentic. Besides, it may even act as an abbreviated button.

How and when to use it

While commenting on new content on your social media feed, reposting or even sharing the same via direct message (DM), use 🆕. For instance, "This is the first we've ever seen something like this! 🆕".
If you got a makeover, a new look, anything new that you're now flaunting on your social media handle, bring in the 🆕. Like, "Got a makeover for the new year! 🆕 New year, new me indeed".
You can also use 🆕 while announcing a "new post" on your page, via social media stories.
While referring to news or anything newsworthy too, 🆕 would be worth the chance. For example, "Now that's news 🆕" or "We need better, educative news feed, ugh. Nothing's 🆕 anymore".
Besides, you could also use 🆕 in the contexts of gifts and gifting. So, while bragging about a gift you received or gifted someone, you may use 🆕 - "I got her these! 🆕 You think she'll like 'em?".

Other Names

🆕 New
🆕 Newness
🆕 NEW Blue Button
🆕 White NEW on Blue Square
🆕 Squared NEW
🆕 New Sign

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › alphanum
Codepoints: U+1F195
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :new:
Keywords: button, NEW

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.