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You can finally make dog emoji combos in Gboard ๐Ÿถ

๐Ÿถ and ๐Ÿฑ are equal again, and all is right with the world.
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December 1, 2021
Gboard Emoji Kitchen showing the dog mash-up with a turtle
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TL;DR
  • The Gboard Emoji Kitchen now finally supports dog emoji. Other animals and objects are now supported as well.
  • For almost two years, the Kitchen worked with cats but not dogs.
  • The update for this is rolling out now to the beta version of Gboard.

Itโ€™s been 21 months since the launch of Emoji Kitchen, Gboardโ€™s mash-up feature that lets you combine two different or similar emoji to make a goofy and unique sticker. During those months, cats ran around freely like they owned the place because they were supported by the โ€œkitchen,โ€ but dogs werenโ€™t. The tragedy. The travesty.

With every update and new batch of supported emoji, dog lovers like me have dug into the keyboard trying to see if their beloved pupsters were given justice, to no avail. Today, all is right with the world again as doggos are finally combinable with other emoji.

The update is rolling out to users of the beta version of Gboard, and it isnโ€™t just limited to dogs ๐Ÿถ. Other additions to the combo feature include the gift box ๐ŸŽ, trophy ๐Ÿ†, penguin ๐Ÿง, raccoon ๐Ÿฆ, poodle ๐Ÿฉ, tree log ๐Ÿชต, banana ๐ŸŒ, and orange ๐ŸŠ.

To try it out, you need to be running the latest Gboard beta and go to Gboardโ€™s Settings > Emojis, Stickers & GIFs and enable Emoji Stickers. Then, open any app that supports stickers โ€” WhatsApp, Google Messages, Twitter, Telegram, Instagram, Signal, Facebook Messenger, etc. โ€” and type the dog emoji followed by another. Not all of them are supported, but most of the smileys are, as well as plenty of animals and nature-centric ones. Other categories are less represented.

Related:ย How to create a custom emoji on Android

Gboard Emoji Kitchen doggo examples

The wait for the cute little dog emoji, while long and brutal, has been worth it. It can be mixed with hundreds of others for the most awesome, adorable, terrifying (donโ€™t try the spider), ridiculous, and disturbing results. For example, you can make a cowboy doggo, put a puppy in a gift box, ask him to fetch you the newspaper, or appoint him as branch manager. Donโ€™t give him a lemon, though.

Iโ€™ll leave you with some of our favorite combos.