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Google Phone update makes calls more expressive with new Audio Emoji


*Drum roll* please.

On the Phone app's call screen, there will be an option to expand the Audio Emoji's row of faces above the default toolbar. The Phone app's latest update was spotted a couple of times before, going from the "sound reactions" moniker to "Audiomoji" before today. The feature's most recent appearance in the app's code showed evidence of the six reactions Google is beginning to roll out for beta testers.

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