Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard Rolls Out Rainbow Features for Pride Month
05 June 2019 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) has launched a Pride Mode for its
popular Facemoji Keyboard app, rolling out a variety of
celebratory, free features in honor of June’s Pride Month. Now,
Facemoji Keyboard users can transform their messaging into a
rainbow-filled experience with LGBTQIA+ friendly features, making
it the perfect companion to Pride celebrations all over the
world.
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Transform into a magical, majestic
“unicorn of the sea” in honor of Pride Month with a rainbow-horned
narwhal AR Emoji from Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard. (Photo: Business
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“We are proud to celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQIA+
community this Pride Month and every month with our new AR Emoji
and other mobile features,” said Mr. Jiang Feng, director of
Baidu’s Global Business Unit. “We invite Facemoji users to
celebrate Pride and spread the message that ‘Love is Love’ with a
variety of new high-tech, rainbow-themed features.”
Key features of Facemoji Keyboard’s celebration of Pride Month
include:
- Rainbow Narwhal AR Emoji –
Transform into a magical, majestic “unicorn of the sea” with this
rainbow-horned narwhal AR Emoji! Baidu’s AR technology tracks
users’ faces to transform them into cute, horned creatures and
allows users to record videos and GIFs to send to their friends and
family.
- “Love is Love” and Rainbow keyboard
skins – Facemoji Keyboard puts Pride in users’ hands with
colorful keyboard skins, a free and fun way to feel the love with
every message typed. Users will also be encouraged to customize
their own unique Pride keyboard skin design with a huge library of
options to make life a little more colorful. Users can also share
their creations with each other and vote on their favorites
throughout the month.
- “Pride Mode” transformation –
The Facemoji app is adding a splash of color this Pride Month with
a complete app makeover that transforms in-app buttons into rainbow
colors. The app will also feature Pride-themed banners throughout
the month to promote inclusivity and creativity.
In addition, Facemoji Keyboard will be partnering with YouTube
and Instagram stars throughout the month of June on social media to
spread the message that “Love is Love.”
The latest version of Facemoji Keyboard for Android is available
via the Google Play Store. Follow Facemoji Keyboard on Instagram at
www.instagram.com/FacemojiKeyboard or on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/FacemojiKeyboard.
About Facemoji Keyboard
Facemoji Keyboard is an emoji-centric keyboard app featuring
Baidu’s speech recognition technology. It includes an emoji
prediction feature, a wide variety of stickers and customizable
keyboards, and the ability to turn people’s faces into animated
emoji GIFs. Facemoji Keyboard’s goal is to help people around the
world express themselves in new ways with fun, creative emoji.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search
provider. Baidu aims to make a complex world simpler through
technology. Baidu’s ADSs trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol “BIDU.” Currently, 10 ADSs represent one Class A
ordinary share.
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