Microsoft Windows 11
Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone on Microsoft Windows 11
Microsoft shipped a new design for Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone in Windows 11, released October 5, 2021. The previous design is shown beside it.
Windows 11 November 2021 Update
Windows 11
How Microsoft has drawn Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Windows 10Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Windows 10 Anniversary UpdateShipped in 6 releases before it changed
- Windows 11 November 2021 Update
Shipped in 1 release before it changed
- Windows 11
Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Windows 11 22H2Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Windows 11 23H2Shipped in 1 release before it changed
Windows 11 23h2 June 2024 UpdateShipped in 2 releases before it changed
Every Microsoft release of Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
- Windows 10 ✳
- Windows 10 Anniversary Update ✳
- Windows 10 Creators Update
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
- Windows 10 April 2018 Update
- Windows 10 October 2018 Update
- Windows 10 May 2019 Update
- Windows 11 November 2021 Update ✳
- Windows 11 ✳
- Windows 11 22H2 ✳
- Windows 11 23H2 ✳
- Windows 11 23h2 June 2024 Update ✳
- Windows 11 24h2 August 2025 Update
✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.
Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone on other platforms
Frequently asked questions
- What does Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone look like on Microsoft?
- On Microsoft it is the design shipped in Windows 11 24h2 August 2025 Update, shown above at full size. Older revisions are listed beneath it.
- When did Microsoft add Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone?
- Microsoft first drew Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone in Windows 10, released July 29, 2015.
- How many times has Microsoft redrawn Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone?
- Microsoft Corporation has shipped 13 versions of Raised Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.