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๐Ÿ“ข Emoji meaning

Attention, important! Concentration, alarm, announcement, call, protest.

๐Ÿ“ข Meaning

I have an announcement to make! A loudspeaker used to make announcements in public areas, e.g. on sports fields or at events.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Loudspeaker
โ†”

Speaker high volume vs loudspeaker; both broadcasting audio to a wider audience.

Loudspeaker
โ†”
Megaphone

Loudspeaker vs megaphone; both shouting/announcement devices, shapes very similar.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œLoudspeakerโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ address + communication + public + sound

Keywords removed

- public address

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ loudspeaker

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ loud + public address

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- loudspeaker - public address

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