After Google revealed its new emoji support in the first beta of Android O back in March, the redesign took them from “blobs” to a more realistic design similar to the emojis you would see in iOS. On ...

A while back, Google said a fond farewell to the blob emoji that had been a core part of communication on Android for years, but now they’re back as animated stickers in Gboard and Android Messages.

Good news for fans of the ill-fated Android blob emoji: Google is bringing a new blob emoji sticker pack to Gboard. The blob emoji were Google’s main emoticons from 2013’s Android 4.4 KitKat until ...