According to Emojipedia, the use of the medical mask emoji increased six-fold from January 2020 to March 2020. Apple apparently took notice, and decided to make a change. Emojipedia.

The Face with Medical Mask emoji as it appears on various operating systems. Screenshot from Emojipedia.. Then, he made a mock-up of his smize-ing mask emoji using Apple’s Keynote software and ...

Currently, the mask emoji features a face with downturned eyes that appears sick or disgusted. According to Emojipedia, under Apple’s iOS 14.2 update, ...

The Emoji's official name is "Face with Medical Mask" and it was added to iPhone iOS in 2008. Apple's move to alter the symbol follows Samsung, which gave its users a happier face mask emoji in March.

However, with masks becoming ubiquitous due to the pandemic, Apple is changing the emoji’s look in the upcoming iOS 14.2 update so that it doesn’t look quite as sad, according to Emojipedia.

The new icon will show one of Apple’s smiling emoji’s with a mask superimposed. Sections. Listen. WATCH. 52 ...

Hedley & Bennett's "Wake Up & Fight" masks become a call to action 04:29. Apple is giving its mask-wearing emoji an update: The keyboard character donning a medical face mask will be smiling under ...