These glossy emojis appear on devices such as the Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy Note series and are updated as part of the Samsung One UIinterface layer (previously Samsung Experience, before that Samsung TouchWiz) which runs on top of Android. Note that Samsung users may see select emojis display as their Google set design.

In terms of emoji designs, Samsung’s biggest ever emoji update happened with the release of the Galaxy 7 Note in September 2016. Unveiled as a successor to the Galaxy Note 5, the Galaxy Note 7 featured 496 new emojis, including unique emoticons like the Crossed Finger emoji.

The best Samsung Galaxy phones have all been updated to the One UI 4.0 update, bringing features like emoji pairs to their devices. If you're in the dark about this feature, here's how you can use emoji pairs on a Samsung Galaxy phone. Open any messaging app and start typing to open the Samsung Keyboard. Swipe left on the top bar on the keyboard.

This minor emoji update began to roll out to select Samsung devices alongside a security patch in mid-January, seemingly beginning with the Galaxy Note series of devices alongside their Android 12 update. The update has continued to become available for further devices in February 2022, also alongside a security update.