What does ๐ Oncoming Automobile mean?
A car seen from the front, as if heading straight toward you. It works for pulling up, arriving or picking someone up, and gives a stronger โIโm almost thereโ feeling than the side-view ๐. It also appears in car sales posts, parking chats and driving updates, and suits proud photos of a new car shot from the front.
๐ Oncoming Automobile is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (ground transport), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about car, cars, drove and vehicle.
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๐ Oncoming Automobile on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Oncoming Automobile looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Oncoming Automobile emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ 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 :oncoming_automobile:.
When was the Oncoming Automobile emoji added?
๐ Oncoming Automobile was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Oncoming Automobile. The underlying code (U+1F698) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.