<s>
Blob	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
is	O
an	O
implementation	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
emojis	I-Protocol
by	O
Google	B-Application
featured	O
in	O
its	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
between	O
2013	O
and	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
blobs	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
Android	B-Application
KitKat	I-Application
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
expanded	O
the	O
blob	O
style	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
emojis	B-Application
that	O
normally	O
depict	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
flamenco	O
dancer	O
in	O
Apple	O
emoji	B-Application
style	O
and	O
its	O
derivates	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
blob	O
style	O
showed	O
a	O
less	O
glamorous	O
blob	O
with	O
a	O
rose	O
in	O
its	O
teeth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
redesigned	O
the	O
blobs	O
into	O
a	O
gumdrop-shape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Unicode	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
that	O
establishes	O
emoji	B-Application
standards	O
,	O
introduced	O
skin	O
tone	O
and	O
gender	O
options	O
to	O
emojis	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
emojis	B-Application
progressively	O
appeared	O
more	O
as	O
humans	O
and	O
less	O
as	O
yellow	O
,	O
amorphous	O
blobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
retired	O
the	O
blobs	O
in	O
2017	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
Oreo	I-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
circular	O
emojis	B-Application
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consistent	O
cross-platform	O
emoji	B-Application
interpretation	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
redesign	O
's	O
primary	O
aims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
redesign	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
about	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
mimicked	O
an	O
Apple	O
effort	O
to	O
include	O
more	O
detail	O
in	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
glyph	O
and	O
offer	O
yellow	O
skin	O
tone	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
their	O
deprecation	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gmail	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
blob	B-Application
emojis	I-Application
,	O
as	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
reintroduced	O
the	O
blob	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
in	O
Gboard	B-Device
's	O
Emoji	B-Device
Kitchen	I-Device
feature	O
,	O
which	O
lets	O
users	O
combine	O
two	O
emojis	B-Application
into	O
one	O
pictograph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blob	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
were	O
a	O
divisive	O
feature	O
between	O
2013	O
and	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proponents	O
praised	O
their	O
novel	O
interpretation	O
of	O
emoji	B-Application
ideograms	O
while	O
detractors	O
criticized	O
the	O
miscommunication	O
that	O
results	O
when	O
emoji	B-Application
are	O
interpreted	O
differently	O
across	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
sticker	O
packs	O
featuring	O
blob	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
for	O
Gboard	B-Device
and	O
Android	B-Application
Messages	O
.	O
</s>
