What does ๐ Pager mean?
A small beeper with a tiny text screen, the gadget that buzzed on belts long before smartphones. Today it mostly means nostalgia for the 80s and 90s, a joke about outdated tech, or a nod to doctors and other on-call workers who still carry similar devices. Some people use it to say โpage meโ or โIโm on callโ. Sending it to a younger friend is a fun way to ask whether they even know what it is.
๐ Pager is an emoji from the Objects category (phones), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
๐ Pager on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Pager looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Pager 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 :pager:.
When was the Pager emoji added?
๐ Pager was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. 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 Pager. The underlying code (U+1F4DF) 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.