To use the Emoji Kitchen, follow these directions:
- Open up a messaging app.
- Tap on the text bar to allow Gboard to surface.
- On the left of the space bar, tap on the emoji icon.
- Select an emoji to be your “base” emoji.
- Tap on the second emoji you want to add.
- Pick one of the funny mash-up options right below the text bar.
How we created a funny emoji mash-up on our Android phone
Note that gesture, person, and flag emojis are not supported for use by the Emoji Kitchen. One guess as for the reason behind this restriction is that a fusion using emojis from those three categories could be disrespectful and/or insulting to certain people or a certain country.
Tweet from Emojipedia discusses what is cooking in the Emoji Kitchen
Keep in mind that this feature is available only on Android phones. And if you are in the middle of texting a message to a friend and include, for sake of this example, the tongue sticking out of the mouth emoji, Google will automatically suggest some combinations. You can choose one of Google’s selections or try to create one of your own that you might like better.
After typing the hole emoji, Google made some suggestions combining different colored hearts and the laughing while crying emoji
This is actually a fun way to come up with different emoji
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