Have you ever wanted to send a text about orcas or Bigfoot or trombones only to find you have to do it using words instead of pictures?

Well, there's good news for you, with the latest batch of emojis released by Apple.

They include a ballet dancer, a rockslide, a treasure chest and what is described as a "distorted face".

There is also a "fight cloud", an emoji you might drop into a heated group chat in the hopes of easing the tension.

The update will also include the option of changing skin tones for a pair of existing emojis - people wrestling or people with bunny ears.

While these graphics have been released by Apple, they are just the iPhone designs of the ones approved by the Unicode Consortium.

The Unicode Consortium is a global public body formed in part to ensure easy communication over devices made by different organisations.

Every year the non-profit meets to decide what emojis will be added to phones all over the world.

This year's emojis were determined last year but Apple's designs have only now been unveiled.

"Every year, new characters including emoji are added to the Unicode Standard and after a lot of paperwork are added to your device of choice," the Consortium said in a statement.

"These new emoji have long standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive, and contain multitudes of expression."

Apparently far more prepared, Google revealed their own designs of the emojis the same day they were approved by the Consortium.

They are more or less identical to the Apple designs, but with the slightest style differences.

Anybody can submit a suggestion to the Consortium to have their emoji considered for inclusion.

Not allowed are logos, brands, specific people, specific buildings, deities or images protected by third-party IP rights.

This year's emojis will become available with the new iOS 26.4 operating system.

Next time you update your phone, it might be there.

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Bigfoot, trombone, orca among the latest emojis