Facebook's chat platform has launched 1,500 new emojis

Facebook Messenger is bringing over 1,500 newly-designed Messenger emojis to the platform. The new designs will have gender-agnostic options, multi-colored emojis, and will be available on many Android devices and web products for the first time.

According to an Innovation Village report, Facebook is diversifying the genders to create a more balanced mix that's more representative of the world as a whole.

New emojis include a female police officer, runner, pedestrian, surfer, and swimmer. Users will also be able to change the skin color of the emoji to provide a good representation of the message they want to pass across.

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There will also be emojis for red heads for the first time.

The Messenger composer will now include an emoji picker to help you select the right emoji, and this will be present across all platforms.

Tapping the new emoji icon at the left of the composer to find just the right emoji also makes it easier to toggle between the regular text keyboard and the emoji keyboard.

The emoji's already began to roll out worldwide since last week when the announcement was made.