--- description: Apple is revising its recently-added bagel emoji after an outcry from breakfast-loving users who say the previous version was unappetizing. title: Apple Is Fixing its Bone-Dry Bagel Emoji After An Outcry image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [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 # Apple Is Fixing its Bone-Dry Bagel Emoji After An Outcry From Breakfast Lovers Everywhere by [Precious Adesina](/author/precious-adesina/) ## Precious Adesina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2018 1:19 PM CUT by [Precious Adesina](/author/precious-adesina/) ## Precious Adesina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2018 1:19 PM CUT Apple is revising its recently-added bagel emoji after an outcry from breakfast-loving users who say the previous version suffered from a lack of cream cheese or butter and appeared to be under-baked. The change, [first spotted by Emojipedia founder Jeremy Burge](https://twitter.com/jeremyburge/status/1051967143808516096 "undefined"), is set to become available in Apple’s iOS 12.1 update. > [](https://twitter.com/jeremyburge/status/1051967143808516096) The move is sure to please users who said Apple’s original bagel emoji looked dry and unappetizing. > [](https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/1047436521597554688) While new emojis are approved by the non-profit [Unicode Consortium](http://time.com/4244795/emoji-consortium-mark-davis/ "undefined"), individual tech companies have some leeway in how they visualize each character on their respective platforms. Apple and some other tech companies have, for instance, [changed the “gun” emoji](https://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-and-the-gun-emoji/ "undefined") from a symbol of a handgun to a representation of a water pistol. Apple’s morning-meal misstep follows a similar controversy involving Google, which was [lambasted](http://time.com/5001656/google-cheeseburger-emoji/ "undefined") over the placement of various layers in its cheeseburger emoji. And earlier this year, Google removed the hard-boiled eggs from its salad emoji on some Android phones in a bid to portray a more vegan-inclusive dish. Not everyone was pleased with the attempt, with some asking Google to remove everything but the empty bowl for true inclusivity. > [](https://twitter.com/AzWarren/status/1004789429360185344) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/"},"headline":"Apple Is Fixing its Bone-Dry Bagel Emoji After An Outcry From Breakfast Lovers Everywhere","datePublished":"2018-10-16T13:19:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:28.990Z","description":"But it still lacks lox","url":"https://time.com/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/","keywords":["Tech","Newsfeed","Apple","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Precious Adesina","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/precious-adesina/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"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/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/","name":"Apple Is Fixing its Bone-Dry Bagel Emoji After An Outcry From Breakfast Lovers Everywhere"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Google CEO Promises To Address Cheeseburger Emoji 'If Folks Can Agree'","description":"Google CEO Sundar Pachai promised to \"drop everything\" to fix what's wrong with the Google cheeseburger emoji.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RBoQvSMe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-29T21:00:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RBoQvSMe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/","duration":"PT46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5425732/apple-bagel-emoji/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```