Bagels are a big deal in many parts of the United States. So much so, Apple has decided to make its new bagel emoji in iOS 12.1 look tastier.
As first noted by Emojipedia, Apple altered the bagel emoji in the recently released iOS 12.1 beta 4 for developers.
If you haven’t been following the bagel emoji controversy, it’s likely because you have better ways to spend your time. But to catch you up quickly: the iOS bagel emoji — like Android’s goofy cheeseburger one that generated negative headlines last year — was widely decried for its unappetizing look and its lack of cream cheese. Many thought it looked like the kind of bagel you bought in a six-pack from your local grocery store.
I’m organizing a march in New York City against Apple’s just-revealed bagel emoji, which comes out with the next iOS update. It looks like something you get from a cardboard box in the freezer section at Walmart. This insult will not stand. pic.twitter.com/Z44YFBuUlU
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) October 3, 2018
Of course, cream cheese brand Philadelphia had to squeeze some prime social media engagement out of the whole thing, resulting in a Twitter poll and then a facetious Change.org petition to get the emoji changed to one with cream cheese:
— PHILADELPHIA (@LoveMyPhilly) October 4, 2018
So if you were one of the people offended by Apple’s bagel emoji design, you can rest easy knowing it now comes with cream cheese and what appears to be an alarming level of realism:
Source: the verge