You want to reply back with a semi-nonsensical emoji message of your own but... how the heck do you get the emoji keyboard on your mobile device in the first place? iOS Emoji Keyboard.

How to Install the Gboard Keyboard It's worth trying out Gboard for Android or iOS, especially if you like glide typing, one-handed mode, and integrated search.

Any phone running Android 4.3 can only display black-and-white emojis via the iWnn IME keyboard, but you can download a third-party keyboard for the more familiar color emoji characters.

Both iPhone and Android are going to get new emoji symbols this year, and some of them could soon be available inside the betas of iOS 14 and Android 11.