The new iPhone emojis.

From a pregnant man to a biting lip, the 37 new emojis coming to iPhones in the iOS 15.4 software update have finally been revealed.

Apple's own designs for the new emojis are already available in a beta test of iOS 15.4 released on Thursday prior to its full release in the spring.

The pregnant man and pregnant person recognise that 'pregnancy is possible for some transgender men and non-binary people', says Emojipedia, which is part of the California-based Unicode Consortium, the central bank of all approved emoji.

The Unicode Consortium officially signed off candidates for the next emoji release, version 14.0, last September. But companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft apply stylised versions of the consortium's designs to their own operating systems.

Apple's were revealed by Emojipedia in a blog post published on Thursday, the same day iOS 15.4 arrived in beta. Beta testing involves letting a small group of people use a product in a to uncover any bugs or issues before a general release.

'Since 2019, vendors have been making considerable efforts to offer all people emojis with three different gender variants – one "Man", one "Woman", and a non-gender-specifying "Person",' said Keith Broni at Emojipedia.

'This latest Apple beta update continues this trend by adding two new gender neutral people emojis in the form of Person with Crown and Pregnant person, as well as adding a new Pregnant Man emoji.'

Following some controversy in September when version 14.0 emoji candidates were officially signed off, Jane Solomon, Emojipedia's 'senior emoji lexicographer', authored a blog post entitled 'Why is there a pregnant man emoji?'

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