What does 🎧 Headphone mean?
A pair of over-ear headphones. It is used for listening to music, podcasts, audiobooks, gaming and DJing. People send it to share a song, say they are focusing and do not want to be disturbed, or explain why they missed a call. It sits nicely next to 🎶 or a song link and suggests being in your own world.
🎧 Headphone is an emoji from the Objects category (music), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about earbud and sound.
Example messages
🎧 Headphone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Headphone looks on each platform.
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Headphone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Headphone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎧 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :headphones:.
When was the Headphone emoji added?
🎧 Headphone was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎧 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Headphone. The underlying code (U+1F3A7) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.