Why has it taken so long to get a bacon emoji?!

Image source: Emojipedia.org
Image source: Emojipedia.org

74 potential new emojis including a pickle, deer and croissant could make their way to your phone later this year. The Unicode Consortium has accepted lots of new emoji characters as candidates for the Unicode 9.0. The Consortium chose the candidates based on popular request, gender-matching pairs, and compatibility with emoticons in existing platforms.

Check out the full list that includes a number of new animals, food and gestures!