What does 📨 Incoming Envelope mean?
An envelope in motion, rushing toward you. It means a message or email arriving, so people use it for “you’ve got mail”, fresh notifications, received applications or a long-awaited reply landing at last. Senders also use it to say a message is on its way. It is livelier than ✉️ and works well in announcements about invitations, newsletters or results coming in.
📨 Incoming Envelope is an emoji from the Objects category (mail), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about delivering, e-mail, email, letter, mail and receive.
Example messages
📨 Incoming Envelope on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Incoming Envelope looks on each platform.
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Incoming Envelope emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Incoming Envelope 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 :incoming_envelope:.
When was the Incoming Envelope emoji added?
📨 Incoming Envelope 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 Incoming Envelope. The underlying code (U+1F4E8) 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.