What does 🆘 SOS Button mean?
The letters SOS in a button, the international distress signal. In chats it means help, often exaggerated: a fashion emergency, a looming deadline, being stuck at a dull party. It can also be serious, asking for urgent assistance. Since the tone varies so much, it helps to add details about what is going on.
🆘 SOS Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
🆘 SOS Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how SOS Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the SOS 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 :sos:.
When was the SOS Button emoji added?
🆘 SOS Button 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 SOS Button. The underlying code (U+1F198) 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.