There are currently 38 different emoji slated for version 9.0 of the Unicode Standard, which is expected to release in mid-2016.
WhatsApp gives an official announcement that it is rolling out the emoji reactions feature first spied at the beginning of the year in beta versions.
This is how we communicate now.
Speaking in digital hieroglyphs makes communication simple.
What am I bracing myself for?
OMFG! Will they have an "I'm so excited I'm going to piss my pant!!!" emoji?
No?
Ugh! Booooring!