# What changed in emoji

> 13 changes in emoji 1 to 2 from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories: 8 breaking, 3 new APIs and options. Each one cited. Sources checked 2026-10-31. HTML: https://unstale.sh/pypi/emoji/

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## emoji 2

### Breaking changes

- Removed distinct_emoji_lis. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
- Removed emoji_lis. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
- Removed the old dict EMOJI_UNICODE_. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
- Removed the get_regexp method. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
- Removed unused language=None parameters. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
- Removed the old dict UNICODE_EMOJI_. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
- Removed the use_alias parameter. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)

### New APIs and options

- Made the list of languages public: ['en','es','pt','it','fr','de']. (2.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.0.0)

### Behavior and default changes

- Unicode data is updated to Unicode 18.0, which may affect emoji handling. (2.16.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.16.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- Translations are updated to CLDR release-49-alpha2. (2.16.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/v2.16.0)

## emoji 1

### Breaking changes

- Emoji packs are split into different modules by language. (1.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/1.0.0)

### New APIs and options

- Added support for Portuguese naming of emojis. (1.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/1.0.0)
- Added support for Spanish naming of emojis. (1.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/releases/tag/1.0.0)