What does ⏭️ Next Track Button mean?
Two triangles meeting a vertical bar, the skip-to-next control. It says next, skip or moving on: a song you dislike, an awkward topic, a bad date, a chapter of life you are done with. It is common in playlist chats and breakup humour. Compared with ⏩, which speeds things up, this button jumps straight to the next item.
⏭️ Next Track Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (audio & video controls), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about arrow, scene and triangle.
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⏭️ Next Track Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Next Track Button looks on each platform.
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Next Track Button emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Next Track Button 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 :black_right_pointing_double_triangle_with_vertical_bar:.
When was the Next Track Button emoji added?
⏭️ Next Track Button was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. 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 Next Track Button. The underlying code (U+23ED U+FE0F) 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.