In what is being perceived as a woke move, Apple has released 'pregnant man', 'pregnant person' and other gender-neutral emojis to all iPhone users following iOS 15.4 update.
The 35 new emoticons also include a gender-neutral 'person with crown' emoji to go alongside the king and queen.
This, however, has not gone down well with several iPhone users. Some joked if Apple was fat-shaming men.
Others, however, were harsher in their criticism and slammed Apple for its "wokeness".
In October 2019, Apple took a step to make its emoji more inclusive with the addition of a "gender-neutral" option for nearly every human emoji in its system.
Many of the new emojis focused on inclusivity: There are symbols for deaf and blind people, and even options to choose the skin color of each person in emoji featuring multiple people.
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