New 3D emoji arrive for Microsoft Teams, not Windows 11

It’s time! For Teams, at least.

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What you need to know

Microsoft has delivered on its promise to bring new emoji to its ecosystem of products. Well, partially delivered on its promise. Even if the curious case ofWindows 113D emoji remains in limbo, the Fluent designs have landed in Microsoft Teams.

You can see the breaking news' origins over at Microsoft’stech community blog post. There, it’s proudly announced that over 1,800 emoji are getting a refresh in Teams so that they look bubblier and practically reach out at you with their bite-sized expressions of emotion. The introduction of these Fluent replacements will affect you in two ways, according to Microsoft:

Anyone with public preview enabled will get the goods by default, though if you’re beholden to IT admins and they have “show preview features” disabled, you’re going to need to nudge them to make a few adjustments before the fun can begin.

In Microsoft’s post, the company dares to reference the original blog post that started what isnow known as emojigate. It’s a saga rife with miscommunications direct from Microsoft, wherein the company refused to provide a clear stance on something as simple aswhether 3D crabs will come to Windows 11.

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