Earlier this year Google added a neat and fun addition to Gboard in its Emoji Kitchen. The feature lets Android users create wacky combinations of different emoji directly on their keyboard, before sending those creations in their favorite apps. Here’s the full list of what’s supported in the Emoji Kitchen, as well as how you can use it on Android, answers about how it works on iOS, and the latest updates to the feature.
Emoji Kitchen for Gboard: What is it and how does it work?
The Emoji Kitchen in Gboard is a sticker tool that automatically creates mashups of two different emoji. Each combination is handmade and tens of thousands of different stickers that can be created using the Emoji Kitchen.
Creating a new Emoji Kitchen sticker in Gboard is rather easy. Pick an emoji to start, and then type a second one.
For this example, we’ll start with Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes (😍). Just tap on the first emoji as you normally would and Gboard will automatically list suggested combinations, but you can pick the emoji of your choice to specify the sticker you want. Face with Tears of Joy (😂) combines with the heart-eyes, and you’ll also get further suggestions that follow the same basic theme. Tapping on the sticker will automatically insert it in the app you’re using and remove the emoji from the text field.
Notably, the feature does not work on all Android apps, but it works for most chat apps such as Google Messages, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, WhatsApp, and others. There’s also a new “Gallery” view rolling out.
A fun trick with the Emoji Kitchen is that using the Magic Wand (🪄) emoji will create the blob emoji that Google used to use on Android, but as stickers.
Emoji Kitchen list, everything that works
What emojis work in the Emoji Kitchen? As mentioned, there are currently many thousands of possible stickers that can be created by the Emoji Kitchen, but Google doesn’t publish an official list. As such, we’ve compiled a full list of emojis that work with the Kitchen.
Since many emoji trigger the same reaction in the Kitchen, we’ve put those together, with anything that triggers the same combinations in paratheses following the emoji that they match.
Smileys And Emotions
😀😃😄😁😆😅(💦) 😂🤣😭😉😗😙😚😘(💏👩❤️💋👨👨❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👩) 🥰😍🤩🥳🫠🙃🙂🥲🥹😊☺️😌😏🤤😋😛(👅) 😝😜🤪🥴😔🥺😬😑😐😶😶🌫️(🌫️) 🫥🤐🫡(🎖️🪖) 🤔(💭) 🤫🫢🤭🥱🤗(👐) 🫣😱🤨🧐😒🙄😮💨😤😠😡🤬(🖕) 😞😓😟😥😢☹️🙁🫤😕😰😨😧😦😮😯😲😳🤯😖😣😩😫😵😵💫(💫) 🫨🥶(❄️) 🥵🤢🤮😴(💤🛌)😪🤧🤒🤕😷(💉) 🤥😇👼🤠🤑(🏦🪙💵💴💶💷💳💰💱💲💹🏧) 🤓(👓) 😎(🕴️ 🕶️) 🥸🤡😈👿👻💀(☠️⚰️🪦) 👹👺🎃💩(🚽🧻🪠🚾) 🤖👽👾🌚🌝🌞(☀️🌅🔆🔅) 🌜(🌛🌙🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🎑) 🙈 🙉(🙊🐵🐒) 😺(😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾🐈) 💫⭐🌟(🌠) ✨💥(🧨💣) 🕳️🔥(👩🚒🐦🔥🚒🕯️🧯)💯🎉❤️(🔴🟥) 🧡(🟠🟧) 💛(🟡🟨) 💚(🟢🟩)🩵💙(🔵🟦)💜(🟣🟪💟)🤎(🟤🟫)🖤(⚫⬛) 🩶🤍(⚪⬜) 🩷💘(💑👩❤️👨👨❤️👨👩❤️👩)💝💖💗💓💞💌(📫📪📬📭📮✉️📧📩📨📤📥📯)💟♥️(🧑🤝🧑👭👬👫)❣️❤️🩹(🩹)💔❤️🔥💋(💄)🫂👥(👤🗣️)👣(🦶) 🧠🫀🫁🩸(🅰️🆎🅱️🅾️🆑)🦠(🧫)🦷(🪥) 🦴👀👁️( 👁️🗨️)👄🫦👍🤞(☘️🍀)👌(🆗🙆♀️) ✍️(📝✏️)
People
🤷♀️🧖♀️(♨️)🛀(🧼🧴)⛹️♀️(🏀) 🚴♀️(🚵♀️🚲) 🧗♀️(⛰️) 🏌️♀️(⛳) 🏇(🐎🐴)⛷️(🎿) 🪂🏄♀️(🌊)🚣♀️(🛶) 🤽♀️(🏐)🧛♀️(🦇)💂♀️(🏰) 👸(👑) 👮♀️(🚨🚑🚓🚔) 🕵️♀️(🔍🔎) 👩✈️(✈️🛬🛫🛩️💺)👩🔬(🧪) 👩⚕️(🩺💊⚕️)👩🔧(🛠️🔧🧰🗜️🔩🪛🪚🔨) 👩🌾(🚜) 👩🎓(🎓🏫) 👩⚖️(⚖️) 👩💻(💻🖥️⌨️) 👩🎤(🎤) 👩🎨(🎨🖌️) 👩🍳(🍳🥚) 🕺(🪩) 🤱(👩🍼🍼🚼)
Animals and Nature
💐🌹🥀🌺🌷🪷🌸💮🏵️🪻🌻🌼🍂🍁🍄(🍄🟫) 🌾🌱🌿🍃🪴🌵(🏜️) 🌴🌳🌲(🎄)🪵(🪓) 🪹(🪺) 🪨🏔️☃️(⛄🌨️) 🌡️🌋🏞️🏝️🏖️(⛱️) 🌄🌈🫧(🛁🧽) 🌬️🌀🌪️⚡☔(🌧️) 💧☁️(🌦️🌥️🌤️) 🌩️(⛈️) ⛅☄️🌌(🔭) 🌍(🌎🌏🌐🗺️) 🪐🦁🐯(🐅) 🐶(🐕🐕🦺🦮) 🐺🐻(🧸) 🐨🐼🐭(🐁) 🐰(🐇) 🦊🦝🐮(🐄) 🐷(🐖🐽) 🦄🐲(🐉) 🐢🐍🐸🐩🐐🦌🦙🦥🦔🪶(🐦) 🐔🦉🕊️🪿🦩🐧🦈🐋(🐳) 🐟(🐠) 🦞🦀🐙🦪🪸🦂🕷️(🕸️) 🐚🐌🦗🪲🪳🐝🐞🦋🐾
Food and Drink
🍓🍒🍎(🍏) 🍉🍊🥭🍍🍌🍋(🍋🟩) 🍈🍐🥝🫒🫐🍇🥥🍅🌶️🫚🥕🧅🌽🥦🥒🥬🫛🫑🥑🍠🧄🥔🫘🌰🥜🍞(🥖) 🫓🥐🥯🧇🥞🧀🥓🥩🍗🍖🍔🌭🥪🥨🍟🍕🫔🌮🌯🥙🧆🥘🍝🥫🫕🥣(🥄) 🥗🍲🍛🍜🍣🍤🥡(🥢) 🍚🍱🥟🍢🍙🍘🍥🍡🥠🍧🍨🍦🥧🍰🍮🎂🧁🍭🍬🍫🍩🍪🍯🧂🧈🍿🧊🥤🧋🧃🥛🍵☕🫖🧉🥂🍾🍷🫗🍹🍶🍴(🔪🍽️)
Travel and Places
🛑🚧⛽🛟⚓(🚢🛳️🛥️🚤⛴️⛵) 🚏(🚌🚍🚎) 🚥(🚦) 🛴🏍️🚙(🚗🚘) 🚚(🚛) 🏎️🚕(🚖) 🚈(🚝🚅🚄🚂🚃🚋🚞🚊🚆🚟🛤️) 🛸🚀🎢🎡🎠🎪🗼🗿🏛️🏟️🏚️🏠(🏡🏘️) ⛺(🏕️) 🏙️(🌆🌇🌃) 🛣️🧳
Activities and Events
🎉(🎊) 🎈🎀🎁🎇(🎆) 🪔🎗️🥇🥈🥉🏅(🏆) 📢⚽⚾🥎🏈🏉🥅🎾🏸🥍🏏🏑🏒🥌🛷⛸️🛼🩰🛹🎯(🏹) 🥏🪃🪁🎣🥋🥊🎱🏓🎳♟️🪀🧩🎮🕹️(👾) 🎲🎰🎴(🃏) 🀄🪄📷(📸) 🖼️🖍️🪡🧵🧶🎹🎷🎺🎸🪕🎻🪘🥁🪇🪈🪗🎧(🎼🎵) 🎙️📺(📼)📹(📽️🎥🎞️🎦) 🎬🎭🎫(🎟️)
Objects
📱(📲) ☎️(📞) 📟📠🔌🔋🪫💽(💿📀) 💾🖨️💸🛒🛍️💡(🔦) 🧱🛋️🧹🧺🧦👕👗⛑️🪭👜☂️(🌂) 💍💎(💠) 👠👟👡🧬🔬🧲⚙️⛓️💥(🔗⛓️) 📎(🖇️) 📏(📐) 🖊️(🖋️✒️) 📖(📚📒📔📕📓📗📘📙) 📂(📁🗂️🗃️🗄️) 📊📈📉✂️🗑️(🚮) 📰📦🗳️🕛(🕧🕐🕜🕑🕝🕒🕞🕓🕟🕔🕠🕕🕡🕖🕢🕗🕣🕘🕤🕙🕥🕚🕦⏱️⏰) ⌚🕰️⌛(⏳) 🔔📢(📣) 🔈(🔉🔊) 🔮🧿🏺🪤🗝️(🔑) 🔐(🔏🔒🔓)
Symbols
♠️♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓⛎🗯️💬❕(❗) ❔(❓) ⁉️🆘📴☢️☣️⚠️♻️✅(✔️☑️) 🆕🆓🆙🆒☮️☯️♾️🎶©️®️
Flags
As it stands currently, no emoji from Gboard’s “Flags” category are supported in the Emoji Kitchen.
Does the Emoji Kitchen work on iOS?
In the same state as Android, no, the Emoji Kitchen does not work on iOS and is an exclusive feature of Gboard for Android devices. Google has never explicitly explained why the Emoji Kitchen doesn’t work on iOS, but it could be a limitation of third-party keyboards on the platform, a limit that Android does not have.
Luckily, you can access a version of the feature on iPhone and iPad, as well as desktop and other platforms.
The Emoji Kitchen is officially available in Google Search in a limited capacity, with stickers able to be created and either downloaded or copied to the clipboard for sharing in apps.
Last updated 12/27/2024
Melissa Schoon contributed to this article.
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