The blobs first appeared in the spring of 2013. They were roundly amorphous, like cookie dough plopped onto a baking sheet. Their faces, a rainbow of emotions, had mouths that turned up and down in ...

The Android blob lives! Kind of. For those not in the know, Android O is replacing Google’s classic blob emoji with more generic-looking emoji. A lot of people are not happy about that. Google is well ...

Android’s default ‘blob’ emoji and the new design. If you own an Android phone, you’re probably familiar with Google’s unconventional emoji. They’re slightly blob-shaped and alien-like. Some of them ...

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 ...

When Google decided to kill off its half-loved, half-despised yellow blob emoji, there were simultaneous cries of defeat intermingled with cheers of victory. If you fall into the camp of the victors, ...

With the arrival of Android Oreo comes a variety of new features and improvements to Google’s operating system, including new notification badges, picture in picture support and the replacement of the ...