Emoji were once just a fun little addition to text messages, but at this point, they’re a very important part of how most of us communicate with one another. That’s why it needs to be said that, even ...

The Samsung AR Emoji got a lot of press when the company announced the feature, but reactions have been lukewarm at best. AR Emoji aren’t as good as Apple’s Animoji due to a lack of camera sensors and ...

A signature feature of Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 flagship phone is AR Emoji, which bear a very strong resemblance to Apple’s Animoji. But Samsung’s mobile chief claims that’s a complete coincidence.

It looks like Samsung could be developing a new take on video chatting. The company was recently awarded a patent that combines Samsung’s somewhat strange AR Emoji with video chatting. That’s right, ...

Samsung has partnered with Disney to bring familiar characters to its AR Emoji feature. It is unclear whether Disney characters will remain exclusive to Samsung devices. Disney’s CEO Bob Iger sits on ...

The Galaxy S9 is a pretty amazing smartphone. It might not change much from the phone that came before it, but it impressed me so much that it stayed in my pocket far longer than expected. One thing ...

Samsung is making quite a lot of noise about its new AR Emoji and how it goes beyond simply faces and heads. Curiously, however, it's not making a big deal out of a literally big deal about one rather ...

Arol is a tech journalist who worked as a news and feature writer for Android Police from 2021 to 2023. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum ...

"AR Emoji" — a feature on the newly-announced Galaxy S9 — has been in development for many years, and isn't a copy of the Animoji found on Apple's iPhone X, said Samsung mobile head D.J. Koh. "Their ...

After Apple unveiled Animoji when the iPhone X debuted last September, Samsung introduced its own version, the more human-like and customizable AR Emoji. Not to be outdone, Apple in iOS 12 introduced ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Samsung is updating the Galaxy S9’s AR Emoji feature to give users a lot more room to fine-tune the ...