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loudspeaker

Loudspeaker

📢 is the loudspeaker emoji, the PSA and announcement flag: it says "listen up, this is news." It shows a horn-style public-address speaker, the kind behind PA announcements in stations, schools and streets. People put it at the start of a post or group message before an alert, a schedule change or a public notice. It reads official, not excited.

EmojiSince 2010
Search it as
announcement · PSA · PA system · alert · attention · broadcast · news
Type it as
:loudspeaker:
Around since
2010 · Emoji 0.6
Shows up on
Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 📢 means

📢 is the loudspeaker emoji, filed under Objects in the sound subgroup of the Unicode emoji index.

It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010) and the underlying characters entered Unicode in version 6.0 (2010).

How it is encoded

📢 is a single code point, U+1F4E2.

It is RGI (recommended for general interchange), so every major platform ships artwork for it.

Formal and attention-getting — closer to a PA announcement than a pep rally.

Opening every caption with 📢 reads as marketing spam, not real news.

Don't confuse it with

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📣
Megaphone
Megaphone: a handheld cone for hype and cheering; 📢 flags formal notices and alerts.
🔊
Speaker High Volume
A speaker with sound waves: it means sound on or loud volume, not "here's an announcement".

Combination ideas

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Urgent alert — read this now.

Worth knowing

  • 📢 goes back to 1999, when it appeared among SoftBank's Japanese mobile phone emoji, years before Unicode adopted it.

Questions people ask

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Is it rude to send the loudspeaker emoji?

No. It sounds public and assertive, so it suits group news; one-on-one it can feel like being talked at.

What does 📢 mean in an Instagram or TikTok caption?

Announcement flag: a drop, date change or call-out, not everyday commentary.

How to type 📢

Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “loudspeaker”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “loudspeaker”.
Chat apps
:loudspeaker:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.
HTML
📢
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
📢
HTML hex
📢
CSS content
content: "\1F4E2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%93%A2
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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