What does 🆚 VS Button mean?
The letters VS in a button, short for versus. It sets two things against each other: teams, players, options, debates. People use it for matchups (“cats 🆚 dogs”), comparisons and polls. It adds a competitive, game-like feel to any choice, from sports banners and fan posts to a lighthearted battle with your own alarm clock.
🆚 VS Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (letters & word buttons), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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🆚 VS Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how VS Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the VS 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 :vs:.
When was the VS Button emoji added?
🆚 VS 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 VS Button. The underlying code (U+1F19A) 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.