Leaked Microsoft keyboard includes a button for Emojis

A leaked keyboard looks like it will make adding Emojis even easier on Windows 10.

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A leaked image shows off a Microsoft keyboard with a button to bring up the Emoji panel. Theimageemerged online thanks to well-known leaker WalkingCat. The keyboard looks a lot like Microsoft’s Surface Keyboard, except that it has a detached number pad. WalkingCat shared asecond imageof a separate number pad.

Keen-eyed Twitter userTero Alhonenspotted a unique key just next to the keyboard’s arrow keys. The key has an icon featuring a heart on a square, which is the same logo that appears on Windows 10X’s keyboard. On Windows 10X, that icon brings up the Emoji panel, which allows you to easily input Emoji and Kaomoji.

pic.twitter.com/z43zpV271mpic.twitter.com/z43zpV271m— WalkingCat (@h0x0d)August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

That button seems to be on its way to Windows 10, or Microsoft at least seems to be considering adding it. The button appeared on thelatest Insider preview build of Windows 10and appears on the leaked keyboard shared by WalkingCat.

Microsoft already makes akeyboard with an Emoji buttonbut that button opens up the Windows 10 Emoji picker.

The keyboard shown in the leaked image also appears to have the option to toggle between three connected devices by pressing the F1 key.

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