--- description: Google has fixed its cheeseburger emoji after criticism of the symbol went viral. title: Google Delivered on Its Promise to Fix Its Cheeseburger Emoji image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d65a10753225dd1/6988e3c57cdbac0c88d5aaad/google-apple-hamburger-emoji.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Delivered on Its Promise to Fix Its Cheeseburger Emoji  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2017 8:03 PM CUT  Left, Hamburger on Apple iOS 10.3; Right, Hamburger on Google Android 8.0. Left, Hamburger on Apple iOS 10.3; Right, Hamburger on Google Android 8.0.Emojipedia  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2017 8:03 PM CUT After Google CEO Sundar Pichai said his company would [“drop everything”](http://time.com/5001656/google-cheeseburger-emoji/ "undefined") to redesign the cheeseburger emoji after a tweet criticizing the food symbol went viral, it looks like Google has delivered on that promise. In its still-in-beta Android 8.1 software, Google gave the cheeseburger emoji a new aesthetic that now places the slice of cheese above the beef patty rather than below it, which [Emojipedia](https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-fixes-burger-emoji/ "undefined") noticed. The emoji’s cheese placement was the initial cause of controversy, prompting author and media analyst Thomas Baekdal [to tweet about it](https://twitter.com/baekdal/status/924312294439444480 "undefined") at the end of October. That tweet, shown below, now has more than 50,000 likes and over 25,000 retweets. Pichai responded with the following tweet shortly after: The cheeseburger isn’t the only emoji to be getting an update with Android 8.1\. It looks like the symbols for beer and cheese also got a slight refresh, according to Emojipedia. The final version of Android 8.1 is expected to start hitting select smartphones in December. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5039780/google-cheeseburger-emoji-change/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5039780/google-cheeseburger-emoji-change/"},"headline":"Google Delivered on Its Promise to Fix Its Cheeseburger Emoji","datePublished":"2017-11-28T20:03:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:51:32.703Z","description":"The old version was criticized for having the cheese under the burger patty","url":"https://time.com/5039780/google-cheeseburger-emoji-change/","keywords":["Tech","Google","twitter","Android","emoji"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d65a10753225dd1/6988e3c57cdbac0c88d5aaad/google-apple-hamburger-emoji.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Eadicicco","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-eadicicco/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d65a10753225dd1/6988e3c57cdbac0c88d5aaad/google-apple-hamburger-emoji.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Google Cheeseburger Emoji","caption":"Google Cheeseburger Emoji","creditText":"Emojipedia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5039780/google-cheeseburger-emoji-change/","name":"Google Delivered on Its Promise to Fix Its Cheeseburger Emoji"}}]}] ```