How to Get the Vulcan Salute Emoji on Your iPhone | Time

There's a Hidden Vulcan Salute Emoji in the New iPhone Update ... Vulcan salute, usually accompanied with the words, "Live long and prosper. Tech Smartphones There'saHiddenVulcanSaluteEmojiintheNewiPhoneUpdate There'saHiddenVulcanSaluteEmojiintheNewiPhoneUpdate LeonardNimoyasMr.Spockin"StarTrek:TheOriginalSeries"episode'AmokTime'.SpockshowstheVulcansalute,usuallyaccompaniedwiththewords,"Livelongandprosper." CBSPhotoArchive—CBSviaGettyImages By AlexFitzpatrick April10,201511:10AMEDT Apple’snewiPhoneupdateoutthisweekpacksabunchofnewemoji—includingsupportforasecretVulcansaluteemojithatyouhavetoaddmanually.Here’showtodoit:First,downloadandinstalliOS8.3.Next,openthisCultofMactweetinyouriPhone’swebbrowser: Then,selectjusttheVulcansaluteemojiandhit“copy.”Next,gobacktoyouriPhone’shomescreenandpopopen“Settings.”NavigatetoGeneral->Keyboard->Shortcuts,thentapthe“+”icon.Inthe“Phrase”field,pastetheVulcansaluteyoucopiedfromthetweetabove.Thentypeoutashortcutthatwillgeneratetheemojiintextsandotherposts,like“vulcan.”Withthatdone,everytimeyoutype“vulcan”(oryourphraseofchoice),youriPhonewillreplacethetextwiththehiddenVulcansaluteemoji.Prettycool!Readnext:Samsung’sNewGalaxyS6WentOnSaleToday GetTheBrief.Signuptoreceivethetopstoriesyouneedtoknowrightnow. Pleaseenteravalidemailaddress. *Therequesttimedoutandyoudidnotsuccessfullysignup.Pleaseattempttosignupagain. SignUpNow Anunexpectederrorhasoccurredwithyoursignup.Pleasetryagainlater. CheckhereifyouwouldliketoreceivesubscriptionoffersandotherpromotionsviaemailfromTIMEgroupcompanies. Youcanunsubscribeatanytime.BysigningupyouareagreeingtoourTermsofServiceandPrivacyPolicy.ThissiteisprotectedbyreCAPTCHAandtheGooglePrivacyPolicyandTermsofServiceapply. Thankyou! Foryoursecurity,we'vesentaconfirmationemailtotheaddressyouentered.Clickthelinktoconfirmyoursubscriptionandbeginreceivingournewsletters.Ifyoudon'tgettheconfirmationwithin10minutes,pleasecheckyourspamfolder. Listentothemostimportantstoriesoftheday. MoreMust-ReadStoriesFromTIME TIME'sTop100Photosof2021 InsideFrancesHaugen'sDecisiontoTakeonFacebook WhyWeShouldStopFreakingOutAboutInflation Austria'sPlantoMakeCOVID-19VaccinesCompulsoryIsDividingCitizens—andExperts Insidethe80-YearQuesttoNamePearlHarbor'sUnknownVictims BuyingaHouseFeelsImpossibleTheseDays.HereAre6InnovativePathstoHomeownership 'They'reVeryClose.'U.S.GeneralSaysIranIsNearlyAbletoBuildaNuclearWeapon ACharterSchool'sRacialControversyRevealstheRealBattleForAmerica'sClassrooms SubscribetoTIME [email protected]. SHARETHISSTORY ReadMoreFromTIME YouMayAlsoLike ReadNext Samsung'sNewGalaxyS6WentOnSaleToday NextUp:Editor'sPick WhatAmerica'sRichestSkiTown'sHandlingofCOVID-19Shows EDITPOST Youhavereachedyourlimitof4freearticles. Loading... Paywall-Icons-DevicesUnlimitedaccesstoTIME.com Paywall-Icons-NewsletterInsideTIMEnewsletter,twiceweekly Paywall-Icons-DigitalMagazineAccesstotheTIMEDigitalMagazine SubscribeNow Alreadyaprintsubscriber? Goheretolinkyoursubscription. Needhelp? VisitourHelpCenter. PurchasedTIMEPieces? Goheretoconnectyourwallet. SubscribeNow