⏩ Fast-forward button
⏩ Emoji meaning
Hurry, forward, fast-forward, skipping, and speeding up.
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⏩ Meaning
Can we get to the basics? Two triangles pointing to the right. Fast forward within the song or video. You want to fast forward or even skip or speed up something because of boredom, lack of interest or time pressure.
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Play button vs fast-forward button; both triangular right-pointing symbols for media playback.
Fast-forward button vs next track button; double triangles vs triangles with bar, both skipping ahead.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Fast-forward button” 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.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.
Emoji title before
fast-forword button
Emoji title after
fast-forward button
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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