手枪变水枪，苹果你是认真的吗？

导读:8月2日，苹果放出了iOS10 Beta4开发者预览版，在这个版本中苹果新增了大量的emoji表情符号，同时对之前的一些做了重新设计。而新表情符号当中最瞩目的当属以一支绿色水枪取代左轮手枪。

Apple has launched a series of more than 100 new and updated emojis.

苹果发布了100多个新表情，并对之前的一些做了重新设计。

It’s replaced the gun with a water pistol and put out new designs it hopes will be more inclusive.

它用一个玩具水枪替代了手枪，并发布了一些它希望显得多样性的新设计。

The company says it wants to "ensure that popular emoji characters reflect the diversity of people everywhere".

苹果公司表示，它希望能“确保流行的emoji能反映出人们种族的多样性。”

The new green and orange pistol emoji looks more like a toy and will replace the black and silver revolver, but some people have mocked the swap on Twitter.

新发布的绿色和桔色水枪替代了之前的黑色和银色手枪，使这个表情看起来更像是玩具，不过，也有用户在推特发文嘲笑它。

Emoji on Apple products are designed by the Unicode consortium.

苹果产品的表情都是由统一码联盟设计。

It all comes after a series of high-profile shootings in America.

这源于美国发生多起枪击暴力事件。

However, many people on Twitter have joked that switching a gun for a toy isn’t "going to solve anything".

然而，很多推特用户开玩笑说，换个手枪表情符号，搞的就好像真能“解决所有枪击事件一样”。

It may have been ridiculed on social media by some but anti-gun campaigners were delighted to see the change.

尽管，苹果将手枪换成水枪这一决策可能会遭到社交媒体的戏谑，但不少反枪组织对此还是很开心的。

Last year it released a range of skin tones for popular faces but received criticism that it used a very yellow colour for the Asian skin.

去年，苹果就曾发布了一系列肤色表情图标，不过，却因为给亚洲人设计出很黄的皮肤而备受争议。