Apple is poised to introduce a whole host of new emoji when it releases iOS 9.1 later this year, but one symbol in particular is generating a lot of interest.
The icon looks like an eye inside a speech bubble and it was spotted by Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia.
What's more intriguing is that the symbol has been specifically designed by the tech firm and is not an official addition from the Unicode Consortium, the organisation that manages emoji.
The icon looks like an eye inside a speech bubble and it was spotted by Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia. He posted an image of the emoji on his personal Tumblr blog and Twitter (pictured) and asked readers to suggest what they think it could relate to
Mr Burge posted an image of the emoji on his personal Tumblr blog and asked readers to suggest what they think it could relate to.
He said: 'To a casual observer, this appears to be just another emoji - one of many planned for the iOS 9.1 emoji update.
'But the strange thing about this character (which Apple calls "eye in speech bubble") is that it’s not a standard Unicode addition.
'It can’t be found in Unicode 1.1, or any other version right through to the Unicode 9.0 candidates.'
The Tumblr blog was posted to Reddit, as well as being shared widely on Twitter, and the most popular suggestion was that it would be used to represent Apple's own iMessage feature.
However, it is unlikely Apple would add the symbol to the emoji keyboard and not introduce it more widely if it did refer to such a significant iOS feature such as iMessage.
Other suggestions were more unusual, with some Reddit users even comparing the icon to the symbol of the Illuminati.
This was an 18th-century secret society, set up by Adam Weishaupt in Bavaria, which consisted of influential and wealthy intellectuals.
It opposed the Roman Catholic Church's control over and sought to 'enlighten' people's minds.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3251992/What-Apple-s-mysterious-new-eye-emoji-Suggestions-range-icon-iMessages-sign-Illuminati.html#ixzz3n5USHKT3
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