How to unlock Spock's secret emoticon in Emoji. Vulcan Salute in iOS 8.3

iOS 8.3 includes some huge changes to Emoji, namely the choice of skin color for emoji. And the fans

Star Trek is in for a surprise.Apple has added support for the Vulcan Salute emoji, which was approved as a new Unicode character last year. The new Emoji is now visible to users of iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3. However, you can't just choose “Vulcan Salute” from the list of emoticons.

How to unlock Spock's Secret Smiley

There is no word yet about when Apple will officially add the Spock emoticon to the Emoji keyboard, but you can start using it right away by following these quick steps.

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  1. Open this tweet on iPhone
  2. Copy Vulcan Salute Emoji
  3. Go to sectionSettings >> Basic >> Keyboard >> Abbreviations >>
  4. Insert Vulcan Salute emoticon in the Phrase section
  5. Come up with a shortcut (for example vls), click Save

Also, this Vulcan greeting emoticon is available in other skin tones (visible only from iOS devices):

🖖🏻 white skin color

🖖🏼 creamy white skin color

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🖖🏽 brown skin color

🖖🏾 dark brown skin color

🖖🏿 black skin color

Now you can enter your abbreviation and get the secret Spock emoji in Emoji. Remember that the Vulcan Salute emoji will only be seen by those who have already updated to iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3.