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After Internet Outrage, Apple Adds Cream Cheese to Bagel Emoji
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2018-10-17
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After Internet Outrage, Apple Adds Cream Cheese to Bagel Emoji


Bagels are a big deal in many parts of the United States. So much so, Apple has decided to make its new bagel emoji in iOS 12.1 look tastier.


As first noted by Emojipedia, Apple altered the bagel emoji in the recently released iOS 12.1 beta 4 for developers.


If you haven’t been following the bagel emoji controversy, it’s likely because you have better ways to spend your time. But to catch you up quickly: the iOS bagel emoji — like Android’s goofy cheeseburger one that generated negative headlines last year — was widely decried for its unappetizing look and its lack of cream cheese. Many thought it looked like the kind of bagel you bought in a six-pack from your local grocery store.



Of course, cream cheese brand Philadelphia had to squeeze some prime social media engagement out of the whole thing, resulting in a Twitter poll and then a facetious Change.org petition to get the emoji changed to one with cream cheese:



So if you were one of the people offended by Apple’s bagel emoji design, you can rest easy knowing it now comes with cream cheese and what appears to be an alarming level of realism:


After Internet Outrage, Apple Adds Cream Cheese to Bagel Emoji


Source: the verge


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