Emojipedia Now, instead of the emoji featuring downturned “sad” eyes, the “Face with Medical Mask” emoji has raised eyebrows and blushed cheeks, looking like the “Smiling Face” emoji ...

As the mask-wearing emoji becomes more and more commonly used amid the coronavirus pandemic, Emojipedia explains that Apple is updating its facial expression so it no longer looks sad.

The current mask emoji (?) on Apple’s iOS looks sickly ... petition with this mission on the site (fewer than the several petitions lobbying for a sad-cowboy emoji). Oda is hoping the petition will ...

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.

In a move that, I’m sure, has absolutely no relation to anything going on in the world today, Apple has quietly updated its “Face with Medical Mask” emoji with friendlier eyes, eyebrows ...

It's certainly one of the more under-utilised emojis out there, but the 'Mask' icon is finding a second wind during the coronavirus pandemic. You might've glanced over it quickly in the past, but ...

A smiley face, a face laughing with tears or a sad face, or an angry face ... of more than 1,200 people and found happy emojis were often used to mask negative emotions to make a message seem ...

More negative emojis, such as any of the sad face emojis ... Results suggested that happy emojis were often being used to mask negative emotions and “manage the expression” to make a message ...

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.