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Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone on Google Android 9.0

This is the design Google introduced in Android 8.0, shipped again unchanged. It was not redrawn for this release.

Previous release
Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 8.1Android 8.1
This release
Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 9.0

Android 9.0

How Google has drawn Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

  1. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 7.0
    Android 7.0

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

  2. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 8.0
    Android 8.0

    Shipped in 5 releases before it changed

  3. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 11.0
    Android 11.0

    Shipped in 3 releases before it changed

  4. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 12l
    Android 12l

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  5. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in 15.0
    15.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  6. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in 15.1
    15.1

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  7. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in 16.0
    16.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  8. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in Android 15.0
    Android 15.0

    Shipped in 1 release before it changed

  9. Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone as drawn by Google in 16.0 June 2025 Update
    16.0 June 2025 Update

    Shipped in 2 releases before it changed

Every Google release of Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

  1. Android 7.0 ✳
  2. Android 7.1
  3. Android 8.0 ✳
  4. Android 8.1
  5. Android 9.0
  6. Android 10.0
  7. Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
  8. Android 11.0 ✳
  9. Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
  10. Android 12.0
  11. Android 12l ✳
  12. 15.0 ✳
  13. 15.1 ✳
  14. 16.0 ✳
  15. Android 15.0 ✳
  16. 16.0 June 2025 Update ✳
  17. 17.0

✳ marks a release that redrew this emoji. The rest re-shipped the design unchanged.

Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone on other platforms

Frequently asked questions

What does Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone look like on Google?
On Google it is the design shipped in 17.0, shown above at full size. Older revisions are listed beneath it.
When did Google add Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone?
Google first drew Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone in Android 7.0, released August 22, 2016.
How many times has Google redrawn Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone?
Google LLC has shipped 17 versions of Waving Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone. Each is dated, so you can see when the design changed.

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